
Film
A Fool and His Money
1920 · 1h · Drama
A Modern Love Story in a Medieval Setting Ghosts and Feudal Castles. The castle was haunted-and he married the ghost.
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Overview
American author John B. Smart, searching for solitude and an atmosphere for a new story, purchases an old castle in Switzerland. He discovers the beautiful Aline hiding with a baby in the east tower. Daughter of an American millionaire she on running from her ex-husband Count Tarnowsky, who squandered her money and treated her brutally, but whom the courts have awarded their child. The Count arrives confronting John who overcomes him and has him thrown into the dungeon. Smart, Aline and her child flee on a sleigh speeding towards the Italian border with the escaped Count in pursuit. In the nick of time they safely cross the border and Aline consents to be John's wife.
Cast

Eugene O'Brien
John B. Smart

Rubye De Remer
Aline

Ann Brody
Mrs. Schmick

Louise Prussing
Mrs. Smith

Arthur Housman
Count Tarnowsky

Jules Cowles
Benton
Emile La Croix
Mr. Schmick
Eric Finstrom
Schmick's Son
George Dowling
Schmick's Elder Son
Frank Goldsmith
Dr. Hazzard
Wray Page
Mrs. Hazzard
Ned Hay
Billy Smith
Charles Craig
Secretary Poopendyke
Elizabeth Garrison
Mrs. Titus
Crew
- Robert EllisDirector
- George Barr McCutcheonNovel
- Walter ArthurDirector of Photography
- John W. BrownDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- March 29, 1920
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h
- Genres
- Drama
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