''A Woman's Fool'' is a 1918 American silent

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film directed by

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featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.

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, Lin McLean (Carey), a cowboy, is a fool where women are concerned. He befriends Katie Lusk (Schade), a Denver "biscuit shooter", only to be rejected. Dishearted, he picks up a homeless boy, Tommy Lusk (Pegg), off the Denver streets and makes a pal of him. He learns that the boy's mother is none other than the woman who rejected him. Katy comes back into his life, vowing that she really loves him, but Lin has met Jessamine Buckner (Malone), the new station agent in the small town near where he works, and Lin realizes that she is the right woman. Katy commits suicide and Lin, Jessamine, and the boy start a new life together.

Cast

* Harry Carey as Lin McLean * Betty Schade as Katie Lusk * Molly Malone as Jessamine Buckner (credited as Mollie Malone) * Millard K. Wilson as "The Virginian" * Ed Jones as "Honey" Wiggin * Vester Pegg as Tommy Lusk * William A. Carroll as Lusk * Roy Clark as Billy * Sam De Grasse as Undetermined Role

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* * Wister, Owen,
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', New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1904 edition, on the Internet Archive 1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films 1918 lost films American black-and-white films Films directed by John Ford Films based on American novels Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films Lost silent American films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub

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