A Fool and His Money (1920)
1h
Running Time
March 29, 1920Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.

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

Charles Craig
Secretary Poopendyke

Elizabeth Garrison
Mrs. Titus

Robert Ellis
Director

Ella Stuart Carson
Scenario Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
lost film
Wiki.
A Fool and His Money is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by actor Robert Ellis and starring Eugene O'Brien. It was produced at Lewis J. Selznick studios and distributed by the Select Film Company.
The film was remade in 1925 with William Haines in O'Brien's role.