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Jealousy’s Fools
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Charles Perley [the first prospector], Robert Nolan [the second prospector], Augusta Anderson [Marie Drayton]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 11 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The pardners live a lonesome existence on their claim, and often think of wedded bliss. So when they chance upon the advertisement of a girl, “object matrimony,” their interest is aroused, and they write to Marie Drayton in care of general delivery, Chicago. In a few days they receive a photograph and a note asking $100 for clothes and traveling expenses. Both fall in love with the picture, and each sends $100. She is to choose between them; meanwhile, they squabble over her picture. On the day when she is expected to arrive, they have a bitter quarrel and decide to settle it with the cards. Two hands of stud poker are dealt; one contains a pair. With an oath, the loser starts up; there is a struggle; a gun speaks, and the partnership is severed. Fleeing from the thing on the floor, the survivor meets the mail carrier. There is a letter from Marie. Still running, he reaches a secluded place and tears open the missive. Its contents are the last touch of irony to shatter his reason. Stumbling like a blinded animal, he staggers over a precipice and dies. Outriders find in his hand Marie’s mocking letter: “Received from A Fool There Was, $100 for one picture.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 30 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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