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Fools Highway

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Fools Highway
Poster
Directed byIrving Cummings
Written byLenore J. Coffee
Harvey Gates
Emil Forst
Based onMy Marnie Rose; the Story of My Regeneration
by Owen Kildare
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringMary Philbin
CinematographyWilliam Fildew
Distributed byUniversal Super-Jewel
Release date
  • March 1924 (1924-03)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Fools Highway is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Philbin. The film was produced and released by Universal Pictures.[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] Mamie Rose, little mender of the shop of Old Levi, is loved by Mike Kildare, a pugilist and ward heeler of the Bowery of New York City. She repulses his advances, horrified by his business, but still fascinated by the tough man's brute strength and animal attraction. When he discovers that his love for her is a true and holy thing, he forsakes his gang. They then lay a trap for him and Mike ends up horribly beaten in an underground den. Then follows a gripping endowment, in which Mike wins the love of the young woman and joins forces with society against the law breakers of his former days.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of Fools Highway located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Fools Highway
  2. ^ Simmons, Michael L. (March 15, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Fools Highway". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved September 29, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fools Highway
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