Fools First


1922

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1922
Premiere Information
Dallas premiere: ca27 May 1922
Production Company
Marshall Neilan Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Fool's First," by Hugh MacNair Kahler in Saturday Evening Post (20 Nov 1920).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,773ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

Tommy Frazer, a product of Hell's Kitchen, is sentenced to a prison term for forgery; upon his release, he meets Ann Whittaker, a bank clerk, and they decide to rob the bank where she works. She obtains references whereby Tommy is also employed there, and banker Denton Drew trusts them implicitly. When an unusually large deposit is made, Tommy takes the money and meets Ann at a railroad station, only to find that he is unable to go through with his plan. With Ann's consent he sets out to return the money but is waylaid by his former gang associates. Drew, however, has arranged a fake deposit as a test for Tommy; and when the latter confesses, Drew feels that Tommy has proved himself and marks him for a promotion. Tommy and Ann set out on a fresh path together.

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1922
Premiere Information
Dallas premiere: ca27 May 1922
Production Company
Marshall Neilan Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Fool's First," by Hugh MacNair Kahler in Saturday Evening Post (20 Nov 1920).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,773ft (6 reels)

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