7.0Fools and Their Money · 1919
Fools and Their Money (1919) is a Comedy film directed by Herbert Blaché, starring Emmy Wehlen, Jack Mulhall, Emmett King.
Comedy
7.0Overview
Although her husband and children want to continue living modestly after they acquire a fortune from munitions, Mrs. Tompkins has social aspirations and persuades them to move into an exclusive country neighborhood and send their son Dick to Yale. When Mrs. Tompkins mistakes Louise Allenby, the daughter of her aristocratic neighbors, for a maid, Louise in jest pretends to be the Allenby social secretary. Dick, returning home, hears some girls giggling about Louise's joke on the Tompkins family and for revenge he becomes a groom for the Allenbys, but he and Louise fall in love. During a party, swindler Cholly Van Dusen steals some of the Allenby jewels and blames Louise who is put under arrest until her parents return. Cholly is then caught, Louise and Dick with revealed identities announce their love, and the Tompkinses are accepted socially.
Cast
Emmy Wehlen, Jack Mulhall, Emmett King, Mollie McConnell, Betty K. Peterson, William V. Mong, Gerard Alexander, John Steppling
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What is "Fools and Their Money" about?
Although her husband and children want to continue living modestly after they acquire a fortune from munitions, Mrs. Tompkins has social aspirations and persuades them to move into an exclusive country neighborhood and send their son Dick to Yale. When Mrs. Tompkins mistakes Louise Allenby, the daughter of her aristocratic neighbors, for a maid, Louise in jest pretends to be the Allenby social secretary. Dick, returning home, hears some girls giggling about Louise's joke on the Tompkins family and for revenge he becomes a groom for the Allenbys, but he and Louise fall in love. During a party, swindler Cholly Van Dusen steals some of the Allenby jewels and blames Louise who is put under arrest until her parents return. Cholly is then caught, Louise and Dick with revealed identities announce their love, and the Tompkinses are accepted socially.
When was "Fools and Their Money" released?
Fools and Their Money was released in 1919.
Who stars in "Fools and Their Money"?
The cast includes Emmy Wehlen, Jack Mulhall, Emmett King, Mollie McConnell.
