This film, in and of itself, is not very good. That's what it gets a "3" from me.
But there is something that makes this film stand out from any other silent film I've ever seen - the title cards! Before I delve into those, I will tell you where I saw this. It was on a DVD, a short after a D.W. Griffith feature, Dream Street (1921).
Fools of Fate starts out with the neat Biograph title. Instantly after that, you see another title card, just for an instant. I'm sure it said the same thing, but it wasn't with the nice neat Biograph title.
But that's not all...
During the course of the action, a title card appears, with the word "TITLE" in capital letters diagonally.
To nutshell the part of the film before the next (and last) unique title card appears. The wife of a guy has written him a letter that she now loves another. As he's reading the letter, here comes the other unique title card...the word "LETTER" in capital letters diagonally! As for the film itself, there's not much to say. Of course, if the title cards are the things that stand out far and away the most on a film, that should give you some hint about it.
I'll let you know, the spurned guy takes a gun and goes to the house of the guy his wife has left him for...However, the man she left her husband for is also the same man that saved the husband's life, so he can't bring himself to shoot the trigger. Distraught, the husband wishes the other man well and leaves.
The wife then goes to the man she's chosen. He'll have nothing to do with her, so she goes home. Before she goes home, however, the husband commits suicide. The wife comes home and finds the body. She now looks distraught...
THE END It's only nine minutes, but you have better things to do with your time than watch this movie. I rated it as high as a "3" only because of the unique title cards.
But there is something that makes this film stand out from any other silent film I've ever seen - the title cards! Before I delve into those, I will tell you where I saw this. It was on a DVD, a short after a D.W. Griffith feature, Dream Street (1921).
Fools of Fate starts out with the neat Biograph title. Instantly after that, you see another title card, just for an instant. I'm sure it said the same thing, but it wasn't with the nice neat Biograph title.
But that's not all...
During the course of the action, a title card appears, with the word "TITLE" in capital letters diagonally.
To nutshell the part of the film before the next (and last) unique title card appears. The wife of a guy has written him a letter that she now loves another. As he's reading the letter, here comes the other unique title card...the word "LETTER" in capital letters diagonally! As for the film itself, there's not much to say. Of course, if the title cards are the things that stand out far and away the most on a film, that should give you some hint about it.
I'll let you know, the spurned guy takes a gun and goes to the house of the guy his wife has left him for...However, the man she left her husband for is also the same man that saved the husband's life, so he can't bring himself to shoot the trigger. Distraught, the husband wishes the other man well and leaves.
The wife then goes to the man she's chosen. He'll have nothing to do with her, so she goes home. Before she goes home, however, the husband commits suicide. The wife comes home and finds the body. She now looks distraught...
THE END It's only nine minutes, but you have better things to do with your time than watch this movie. I rated it as high as a "3" only because of the unique title cards.