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  • The Heart of a Fool (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Heart of a Fool (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
The picture tells a story of a man named "Gash" who, through his love for children, attempts entering a burning building and loses his memory. He and his mother are soon in stringent circumstances owing to his mental deficiency and he ...See moreThe picture tells a story of a man named "Gash" who, through his love for children, attempts entering a burning building and loses his memory. He and his mother are soon in stringent circumstances owing to his mental deficiency and he continually hangs about the railroad station. One day a Mrs. Meredith stops at his station with a baby in her arms. She leaves the baby with "Gash," while she crosses the road to the dairy to get some milk. Unknown to "Gash" she is run over and hastened to a hospital. Realizing that he is left with the baby, "Gash" returns home and he and his mother care for the child. The father, who is a wealthy man, receives a letter from a black hand stating that the child will be stolen during the journey which his wife has undertaken unless he sends a large amount of money. He immediately sends detectives to find his wife and baby who, he learns, never arrived in Chicago. Through an accident the men and father come across "Gash" and are soon led to the baby. The mother is then found and a happy reunion follows, wherein "Gash's" queerness is overcome by an operation. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Harry Davenport
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Updated Nov 4, 1916
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Nov 4, 1916 (United States)

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