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A Fool and His Money

A Modern Love Story in a Medieval Setting Ghosts and Feudal Castles. The castle was haunted-and he married the ghost.
Mar 29, 1920 · 1h 0m
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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.

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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
Directed by Robert Ellis

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Selznick Pictures
Country
US

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