A Fool and His Money

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.

1920 · 60 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Robert Ellis

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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

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