Everyone loves you once you get a considerable amount of money, as our protagonist Sam learns in 1912's A Fool and His Money. He gets nice clothes, gets a car, gets the girl who dumped him... and then immediately loses it all when he winds up broke. There's a lesson to be learned in this silent comedy.
This film has an all-black cast and is directed by a woman, which is almost unfathomably progressive for this period in cinema. That alone is an achievement. Another achievement is the fact we can see it in such pristine quality for a film that's nearly 114. That right there is a legacy.
Everyone loves you once you get a considerable amount of money, as our protagonist Sam learns in 1912's A Fool and His Money. He gets nice clothes, gets a car, gets the girl who dumped him... and then immediately loses it all when he winds up broke. There's a lesson to be learned in this silent comedy.
This film has an all-black cast and is directed by a woman, which is almost unfathomably progressive for this period in cinema. That alone is an achievement. Another achievement is the fact we can see it in such pristine quality for a film that's nearly 114. That right there is a legacy.
