Simon the Jester
Cast & Crew
George Melford
Eugene O'brien
Lillian Rich
Edmund Burns
Henry B. Walthall
William Platt
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Synopsis
Simon de Gex, a wealthy young member of Parliament wounded in the World War, has been told that he has only a few months to live. He gives a dinner party where he toasts death and gives up his seat and the larger part of his fortune to his friend, Dale Kynnersly, asking Dale to marry a girl in whom he is interested before he--Simon--dies. Dale, however, is infatuated with Lola Brandt, a circus rider whose husband has disappeared. Dale takes Simon to watch her perform and sees her horse, Sultan, mysteriously shot dead. Lola and her friend, Midget, a clown, vow revenge. Simon becomes attracted to Lola and goes to Tangiers to find her husband. In a fight he is injured, and he is operated on and told that he will now live. Lola arrives, and Brandt confronts her and threatens to kill her when Simon interferes. Midget recognizes Brandt as the one who shot Sultan and kills him. A crowd attacks Midget, who is fatally wounded. Simon and Lola start life anew.
Director
George Melford
Cast
Eugene O'brien
Lillian Rich
Edmund Burns
Henry B. Walthall
William Platt
Sultan
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