The Fool's Game (1916)
Peyton Carothers and Margaret Grayton want to marry but are impoverished. Margaret makes a calculated bargain with the wealthy Robert Van Allen to marry him for a million dollars. He agrees feeling he can win her love. What he doesn't know is she continues to see Carothers. When Van Allen discovers the duplicity he shackles the pair together and forces them to live together in a remote location. It does not go well with the lovers ending up hating each other and Carothers turning violent. Ultimately Margaret sees the error of her ways and stays with Van Allen.
- Date of release
- 1916-07-15
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Robert Broadwell
Casting
- Crane Wilbur — Robert Van Allen
- John Oaker — Peyton Carothers
- Mae Gaston — Margaret Grayton
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