Fools of Fate is a 1909 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives at the film archive of the Library of Congress.

Plot

A man's boat capsizes and another man who was camping nearby saves him before he drowns. After that the rescuer meets the almost drown man's wife without knowing who she is, they become friends but he starts to have feelings for her.

Fools of Fate

Cast

James Kirkwood as Ben Webster

Marion Leonard as Fanny Webster

Frank Powell as Ed Hilton

Henry B. Walthall

William Beaudine as Extra (uncredited)

Fools of Fate

See also

List of American films of 1909

1909 in film

D. W. Griffith filmography

References

External links

1909 films

Films directed by D. W. Griffith

American silent short films

Biograph Company films

American black-and-white films

1909 drama films

1909 short films

Silent American drama films

Films with screenplays by Frank E. Woods

1900s American films

1900s English-language films

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