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There's Many a Fool

There's Many a Fool

The Cleverest Burlesque Ever Shown in a Film Based on "A Fool There Was"

1917•25m
Comedy

A two part comedy starring Hank Mann and Carmen Phillips, based on the 1909 play A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne.

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Production

Fox Film Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

The Fool

Carmen Phillips

Carmen Phillips

The Vampire

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