A Fool and His Money
29/03/1920
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.
Movie Information
Eugene O'Brien
as John B. Smart
Rubye De Remer
as Aline
Ann Brody
as Mrs. Schmick
Louise Prussing
as Mrs. Smith
Arthur Housman
as Count Tarnowsky
Jules Cowles
as Benton
Emile La Croix
as Mr. Schmick
Eric Finstrom
as Schmick's Son
George Dowling
as Schmick's Elder Son
Frank Goldsmith
as Dr. Hazzard
Wray Page
as Mrs. Hazzard
Ned Hay
as Billy Smith
Charles Craig
as Secretary Poopendyke
Elizabeth Garrison
as Mrs. Titus
