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A Wise Fool
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A Wise Fool

1921
Directed byGeorge Melford
1h 0m

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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James KirkwoodJean Jacques BarbilleAlice HollisterCarmen Dolores
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Ann Forrest
Zoe Barbille
Alan HaleGeorge Masson
Fred HuntleySebastian Dolores
William BoydGerard Fynes
Truly ShattuckVirginia Poucette
Charles OgleJudge Carcasson
Mabel Van BurenMadame Langlois
Wheeler Oakman(uncredited)
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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