The Fool (1925 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Fool

| image = Fool poster.jpg

| caption = Lobby poster

| based_on = {{basedon|The Fool|Channing Pollock}}[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-how/the-fool-3648 The Fool on Broadway, 1922 play]

| starring = Edmund Lowe

| music =

| cinematography = Joseph Ruttenberg

| editing =

| studio = Fox Film

| distributor = Fox Film

| released = {{Film date|1925|11|15}}

| runtime = 10 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Fool is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Harry Millarde. It is based on the 1922 play The Fool by Channing Pollock.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9140?sid=54ddb1fd-f284-4239-9920-2c668d7ab64c&sr=0.97875375&cp=2&pos=8 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Fool][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/Fool1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Fool] at silentera.comPictorial History of the Silent Screen, p. 265 c.1953 by Daniel Blum

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: The Fool |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=72 |date=9 May 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/n899/mode/1up |access-date=7 February 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} the Rector of a wealthy church loses the sympathy and support of parishioners when he preaches the doctrine of Christ to sacrifice worldly goods. He establishes a mission among the lower classes and, although he is beaten for his efforts, he gains happiness by doing good.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Edmund Lowe as Daniel gilchirst
Raymond Bloomer as Jerry
Henry Sedley as Stedman
Paul Panzer as Umanski
A. J. Herbert as Hennig
Downing Clarke as Rev. Everett Wadham
George Lessey as Goodkind
Blanche Craig as Mrs. Henry Gilliam
Fred C. Jones as Poor Man
Rose Blossom as Dilly Gilliam
Anne Dale as Mary Margaret
Helena D'Algy as Mrs. Thornbury
Mary Thurman as Pearl
Lucille Lee Stewart as Society Lady
Brenda Bond as Clare

}}

Preservation

With no prints of The Fool located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5356/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fool] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefox.html The Fool at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost 1925 Fox films]