A Fool's Paradise (1916)
Drama | 10 February 1916
Cast:
Joseph Burke, Paula Shay, Jack J. Clarke [ More ]Director:
Ivan AbramsonWriter:
Ivan AbramsonProduction Company:
Ivan Film Productions, Inc.On 15 January 1916, a Moving Picture World news brief reported that filming had just ended at Frohman’s New York City studio. Production lasted three weeks and entailed location shooting in Atlantic City, NJ. Theatrical release was scheduled for 10 Feb 1916, as stated in the 29 January 1916 Motion Picture News.
A Fool’s Paradise was re-issued in 1920 by Chadwick Pictures. The 1920 version, revised and re-edited by Martin Cohn and J. F. Nattleford, was called Like an Old Fool.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019. ...
On 15 January 1916, a Moving Picture World news brief reported that filming had just ended at Frohman’s New York City studio. Production lasted three weeks and entailed location shooting in Atlantic City, NJ. Theatrical release was scheduled for 10 Feb 1916, as stated in the 29 January 1916 Motion Picture News.
A Fool’s Paradise was re-issued in 1920 by Chadwick Pictures. The 1920 version, revised and re-edited by Martin Cohn and J. F. Nattleford, was called Like an Old Fool.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019.
The wealthy, widowed Wilfred Morgan proposes to Maxine, a clairvoyant, after she gazes into her crystal ball and sees a supremely happy second marriage for him. To guarantee her own future happiness, Maxine, who had been hunting for a rich husband, has Wilfred agree to a contract, drawn up by her real sweetheart, the lawyer Rufus Stone, which provides her with his entire fortune after five years of faithful marriage. Then, immediately after the wedding, Maxine starts making Wilfred's life miserable. She insists that he throw his daughter June, his son-in-law, John Lansing, and his granddaughter Paula out of the house, while she herself constantly throws parties. Finally, Wilfred goes to Rufus and at gunpoint makes him tear up the contract, after which he throws Maxine out and brings June and her family back to his ...
The wealthy, widowed Wilfred Morgan proposes to Maxine, a clairvoyant, after she gazes into her crystal ball and sees a supremely happy second marriage for him. To guarantee her own future happiness, Maxine, who had been hunting for a rich husband, has Wilfred agree to a contract, drawn up by her real sweetheart, the lawyer Rufus Stone, which provides her with his entire fortune after five years of faithful marriage. Then, immediately after the wedding, Maxine starts making Wilfred's life miserable. She insists that he throw his daughter June, his son-in-law, John Lansing, and his granddaughter Paula out of the house, while she herself constantly throws parties. Finally, Wilfred goes to Rufus and at gunpoint makes him tear up the contract, after which he throws Maxine out and brings June and her family back to his home.
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