A Fool and His Money (1912 film)

A Fool and His Money is an American silent comedy film from 1912. It is either the first film[1] or one of the earliest films[2][3] with an all-African American cast. It was directed by a Frenchwoman, Alice Guy-Blaché, who is widely considered the first female film director.[1][2][3] The plot involves people becoming wealthy and taking on an aristocratic lifestyle.

A Fool and His Money
Selections still existing from the film
Directed byAlice Guy-Blaché
Release date
  • 1912 (1912)

The film was rediscovered by California engineer David Navone, who found four reels of early 1910s films in a trunk he purchased at an estate sale.[4] He gave them to the American Film Institute (AFI).[1] It was preserved by the AFI's National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center.[1] It was restored frame by frame, and was shown publicly on July 29, 2018, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.[2]

References
  1. "A Fool and His Money". AFI Fest.
  2. Justin Chang (July 26, 2018). "Critic's Choice: 'Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers' series gives Alice Guy-Blaché her due". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "The Black Kino Fist: A Fool and His Money (1912)". Scalar Summer Institute at USC.
  4. Alison McMahan (August 2014). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 1501302698.


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