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Directed by | Robert Ellis |
Written by | Ella Stuart Carson |
Based on | novel, A Fool and His Money, by George Barr McCutcheon c.1913 |
Produced by | Lewis J. Selznick |
Cinematography | Jack Brown Walter Arthur |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Select Pictures |
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Running time | 5 or 6 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Fool and His Money is a lost [1] 1920 American silent drama film directed by actor Robert Ellis and starring Eugene O'Brien. It was produced at Lewis J. Selznick studios and distributed by the Select Film Company. [2]
The film was remade in 1925 with William Haines in O'Brien's role.
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