A Fool There Was

United States of America, 1915

Film

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John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England; But, due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come along with him. On the ship to England, Schuyler meets the notorious Vampire— A relentless gold-digger who causes the moral degradation of those she seduces, first fascinating and then draining the very life from her victims.

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Credits

director

Frank Powell

costume design

George 'Neje' Hopkins

producer

Frank Powell

William Fox

production company

Fox Film Corporation

story

Rudyard Kipling

writer

Porter Emerson Browne

Duration

01:07:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1915

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-38730

Language

English

Subject category

Drama

TMDB-Movie

38730

Wikidata

Q933724

Collected

28 times

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