A Wise Fool

A Wise Fool
A Wise Fool
	Newspaper ad
Directed by	George Melford
Written by	Sir Gilbert Parker (adaptation)
Based on	The Money Master; by Sir Gilbert Parker
Starring	James Kirkwood, Sr.
Cinematography	William Marshall
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Famous Players–Lasky; Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 26, 1921;
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Wise Fool is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. This film is based on the novel The Money Master by Sir Gilbert Parker and was directed by George Melford. James Kirkwood is the star of the film.^[1] A copy is held at the Library of Congress.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Based upon a description in a film publication,^[4] Jean Jacques Barbille (Kirkwood), a wealthy egoist and philosopher in the small parish of Quebec, returns from Paris with Carmen Dolores (Hollister), a Spanish girl, as his wife. When their daughter Zoe (Forrest) is grown, Carmen realizes that her husband neglects her, and finally leaves him. When Jean objects to her marriage, Zoe goes west with her lover. Then Jean's mill burns down, and his money is stolen. After long wanderings Jean comes upon his wife, who is ill in a convent. There is a reconciliation and then his daughter, who had been searching for Jean, and her husband arrive.

Cast

James Kirkwood as Jean Jacques Barbille
Alice Hollister as Carmen Dolores
Ann Forrest as Zoe Barbille
Alan Hale as George Masson
Fred Huntley as Sebastian Dolores
William Boyd as Gerard Fynes
Truly Shattuck as Virginia Poucette
Harry Duffield as Fille
Charles Ogle as Judge Carcasson
John Herdman as The Curate
Mabel Van Buren as Madame Langlois
Wheeler Oakman (uncredited)

References

^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 910. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress published by The American Film Institute, p. 210, c.1978
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Wise Fool
^ "A Wise Fool: Good Atmosphere May Make Up for Fairly Slow Moving Story". Film Daily. 16 (65). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 5 June 5, 1921. Retrieved March 26, 2014.