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The Fool (1925 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Fool' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Harry Millarde. It is based on the 1922 play 'The Fool' by Channing Pollock.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9140?sid=54ddb1fd-f284-4239-9920-2c668d7ab64c&sr=0.97875375&cp=2&pos=8 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: 'The Fool'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/Fool1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Fool'] at silentera.comPictorial History of the Silent Screen, p. 265 c.1953 by Daniel Blum
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, the Rector of a wealthy church loses the sympathy and support of parishioners when he preaches the doctrine of Christ to sacrifice worldly goods. He establishes a mission among the lower classes and, although he is beaten for his efforts, he gains happiness by doing good.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of 'The Fool' located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5356/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Fool'] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefox.html 'The Fool' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'Lost 1925 Fox films']
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
References
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