Fool's Paradise
6.7
In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll is Rosa and marries her. When his vision is surgically restored, he leaves for Siam to find Rosa.
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Cast
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Dorothy Dalton
Poll Patchouli
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Conrad Nagel
Arthur Phelps
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Mildred Harris
Rosa Duchene
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John Roderiguez
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John Davidson
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Julia Faye
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Clarence Burton
Manuel
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Cecil B. DeMille Director · Sada Cowan Writer Beulah Marie Dix Writer
Worldwide gross $902K · Budget $291K · United States release December 9, 1921
Box office
Budget
$291,367
Worldwide gross
$901,937
Gross vs. budget
3.1×
Production
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 9, 1921
Theatrical
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