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A Wise Fool(1921)
Status: Released
Date: 1921-06-26
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A story of a man who won power and fame- and almost lost the whole world.
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Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
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United States of America
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Movie: A Wise Fool
Top 10 Billed Cast
James Kirkwood
Jean Jacques Barbille
Alice Hollister
Carmen Dolores
Ann Forrest
Zoe Barbille
Alan Hale
George Masson
Fred Huntley
Sebastian Dolores
William Boyd
Gerard Fynes
Truly Shattuck
Virginia Poucette
Charles Ogle
Judge Carcasson
Mabel Van Buren
Madame Langlois
Wheeler Oakman
(uncredited)
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Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
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1921-06-26
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A story of a man who won power and fame- and almost lost the whole world.
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