A Fool There Was

A respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking female.

Cast

Estelle Taylor

as Gilda Fontaine

Lewis Stone

as John Schuyler

Irene Rich

as Mrs. Schuyler

Muriel Frances Dana

as Muriel Schuyler

Marjorie Daw

as Nell Winthrop

Mahlon Hamilton

as Tom Morgan

Wallace MacDonald

as Avery Parmelee

William V. Mong

as Boggs

Harry Lonsdale

as Parks

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