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The Gambling Fool
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Wikipedia article
'The Gambling Fool' is a 1925 silent Western film directed by J. P. McGowan starring Franklyn Farnum.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9282 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Gambling Fool'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GamblingFool1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Gambling Fool'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, an honest gambler arrives at a tough town to meet the hard-hearted owner of a ranch. He wins the ranch and pays the back taxes on it in time to prevent it from being auctioned off. He finds an infant in the ranch house, rescuing it from the arch villain. He also protects the infant's aunt. Later, he overcomes the villains and triumphs in romance.
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Preservation
This picture is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', p. 65, c.1978 American Film Institute[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1860/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Gambling Fool']
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