Fate's Plaything

Fate's Plaything

1920 · 83 min · ★ 7.0

Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.

Directed by Maurits Binger

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Cast

Reginald Barton Stephen Adams
Constance Worth Dolores Blockett
Adelqui Migliar Hugo Amadis
Frank Dane Charles Blackett
Hector Abbas Quentin Sylvester
Henry Scofield Blackett
Harry Waghalter Fane
Henny Van Merle Joyce Blackett
Norman Doxat-Pratt Peter
Gwen Tremayne Dolores als kind
Fred Homann Dokter
Marie Spiljar

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