A Fool's Awakening
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Fool's Awakening
| image = File:A Fool's Awakening (1924 film) poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Harold M. Shaw
| producer =
| writer = Tom J. Hopkins
| based_on = {{basedon|The Tale of Triona|William J. Locke}}
| starring = Mary Alden
Lionel Belmore
Enid Bennett
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = Allen G. Siegler
| studio = Metro Pictures
| distributor = Metro Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1924|01|28}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.Munden p. 260
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: A Fool's Awakening |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=15 |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=1 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n41/mode/1up |accessdate=19 September 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} 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
{{Cast listing|
- 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
{{Reflist}}
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
- {{IMDb title|0014918}}
{{Harold M. Shaw}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Harold M. Shaw
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by William John Locke
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