A Fool's Awakening
1924 film
- January 28, 1924 (1924-01-28)
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A Fool's Awakening is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Alden, Lionel Belmore, and Enid Bennett.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] John Briggs, who was seen service during World War I during the Bolshevik Revolution, returns to England. Discouraged by his failure to be a success in literature, he uses as source material for his stories the tales in a diary he found on a dead Russian soldier. Published using the name Alexis Triona, it becomes a hit. He weds Olivia Gale, and subsequently reveals his deception to her. Repulsed by Olivia after he meets her after driving his automobile, he deliberately swings the vehicle over a cliff. She goes to his aid. He recovers and they are reconciled.
Cast
- Mary Alden as Myra
- Lionel Belmore as Herbert Lorington
- Enid Bennett as Olivia Gale
- Edward Connelly as Blandon
- Mark Fenton as Wainwright
- Harrison Ford as John Briggs
- Alec B. Francis as Maj. Oliphant
- Pauline French as Lady Ordwynne
- D.R.O. Hatswell as Bobby Walton
- Lorimer Johnston as Col. Onslow
- Harry Northrup as Hargrave Mavenna
- Arline Pretty as Lydia Mainwaring
- Evelyn Sherman as Miss Oliphant
- John St. Polis as Lt. Wedderburn
References
- ^ Munden p. 260
- ^ Pardy, George T. (March 1, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: A Fool's Awakening". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (15). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 26. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- A Fool's Awakening at IMDb
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Films directed by Harold M. Shaw
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- The House of Temperley (1913)
- Trilby (1914)
- The Bosun's Mate (1914)
- The Ring and the Rajah (1914)
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- Her Children (1914)
- Duty (1914)
- Liberty Hall (1914)
- Beauty and the Barge (1914)
- Branscombe's Pal (1914)
- The Victoria Cross (1914)
- The Third Generation (1915)
- The Heart of Sister Ann (1915)
- The Ashes of Revenge (1915)
- Mr. Lyndon at Liberty (1915)
- The Incomparable Mistress Bellairs (1915)
- Liberty Hall (1915)
- Brother Officers (1915)
- The Heart of a Child (1915)
- The Derby Winner (1915)
- The Firm of Girdlestone (1915)
- De Voortrekkers (1916)
- Me and Me Moke (1916)
- The Last Challenge (1916)
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- True Tilda (1920)
- The Pursuit of Pamela (1920)
- The Land of Mystery (1920)
- London Pride (1920)
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- Kipps (1921)
- General John Regan (1921)
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- The Wheels of Chance (1922)
- Rouged Lips (1923)
- Held to Answer (1923)
- A Fool's Awakening (1924)
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