A Fool and His Money

A Fool and His Money

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 1920

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

A Fool and His Money

Production Companies

Selznick Pictures

Director

Robert Ellis

Description

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.