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A Fool and His Money is an American silent comedy film from 1912. It is either the first film or one of the earliest films with an African-American cast. It was directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, who is widely considered the first female film director. The plot involves a man who becomes suddenly wealthy, takes on an aristocratic lifestyle, and becomes engaged to a woman who had scorned him when he was poor. He soon loses his money to a card sharp who immediately wins the affection of his fiancée.

The film was rediscovered by California engineer David Navone, who found four reels of early 1910s films in a trunk he purchased at an estate sale. He gave them to the American Film Institute (AFI). It was preserved by the AFI's National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center. It was shown publicly on July 29, 2018, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^ "A Fool and His Money". AFI FEST. Archived from the original on 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
2. ^ Justin Chang (July 26, 2018). "Critic's Choice: 'Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers' series gives Alice Guy-Blaché her due". Los Angeles Times.
3. ^ "The Black Kino Fist: A Fool and His Money (1912)". Scalar Summer Institute at USC.
4. Alison McMahan (August 2014). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1501302695.

External links

• The full text of A Fool and His Money (1912 film) at Wikisource
• A Fool and His Money at IMDb
• A Fool and His Money at the TCM Movie Database

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