Fools in the Dark

Fools in the Dark

1924 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Percy Schwartz is the son of a rich trash-can manufacturer but forgoes joining the company business in order to write thriller movie stories about bigger-than-life heroes, which he also aspires to be. Percy is deeply in love with Ruth Rand, the niece of Dr. Rand. a world-exploring scientist who majors in the mysteries of the Orient. The latter, after hearing Percy read one of his blood-curdling scenarios to the awe-struck Ruth, decides to test Percy character. Percy goes to ask Dr. Rand for Ruth's hand-in-marriage and finds him in his study going through some Orienral artifacts with his giant Hindu servant, Kotah. Dr. Rand later informs Percy that Ruth has been abducted and he needs Percy to help rescue her.

Directed by Alfred Santell · Written by Bertram Millhauser

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Patsy Ruth Miller Ruth Rand
Matt Moore Percy Schwartz / Percy Primrose
Bertram Grassby Kotah - Dr. Rand's Servant
Charles Belcher Dr. Rand
Tom Wilson Diploma' - Percys Black Valet
John Steppling Julius Schwartz

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