A Wise Fool

A Wise Fool

Drama | June 26, 1921

Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.

A Wise Fool

Drama | June 26, 1921

A Wise Fool
Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
Producers Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Original title A Wise Fool
Directors George Melford
Writers Gilbert Parker

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

as (uncredited)