A Fool and His Money (1920)

A Fool and His Money

1920

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Robert Ellis

Cast

Ann Brody as Mrs. Schmick

Arthur Housman as Count Tarnowsky

Emile La Croix as Mr. Schmick

Eric Finstrom as Schmick's Son

Eugene O'Brien as John B. Smart

Frank Goldsmith as Dr. Hazzard

George Dowling as Schmick's Elder Son

Jules Cowles as Benton