Fool's Gold (1919 film)
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Fool's Gold is a 1919 silent
American drama film
directed by Laurence Trimble
. A copy of the film survives in the National Film and Television Archive
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Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
American drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Laurence Trimble
Laurence Trimble
Laurence Trimble was an American silent film actor, writer and director. Trimble began his career as an actor in the 1910 silent Saved by the Flag. He made 100 silent films between 1908 and 1926...
. A copy of the film survives in the National Film and Television Archive
BFI National Archive
The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was originally set up as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955 its name became the National Film Archive, and in 1992, the...
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Cast
- Mitchell LewisMitchell LewisMitchell Lewis was an American film actor. He appeared in 200 films between 1914 and 1956. His best known role is Captain of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz, but he was uncredited. His lines were "She's dead...
as Marshall Strong - Wellington A. PlayterWellington A. PlayterWellington A. Playter was an English actor. He appeared in 43 films between 1913 and 1921.-Selected filmography:* The Man from Mexico * The Wicked Darling * Fool's Gold...
as John Moore (as Wellington Player) - Florence TurnerFlorence TurnerFlorence Turner was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films.Born in New York City, she was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by her ambitious mother...
as Constance Harvey - Sarah Truax as Lilas Niles (as Sarah Truex)
- Francis Joyner as Old Niles
- Kempton GreeneKempton GreeneKempton Greene was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Selected filmography:* Brown of Harvard...
as David Moore - Evelyn BrentEvelyn BrentEvelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
as Nancy Smith - Mlle. Marguerite Serruys as Miss Hatch
- Harry Hyde as Sir Horace Seaton, Bart