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A Favorite Fool (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

A Favorite Fool (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her place as trapeze woman in the show and get other work. She sends her brood to the poorhouse,...See moreArling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her place as trapeze woman in the show and get other work. She sends her brood to the poorhouse, and Foy, ignorant of her flock, makes love to her and is accepted. She sends for the children and they arrive just as the ceremony is finished. As she proudly introduces them to their new father, Foy dashes out and drives away in the wagon which has brought the children. In his escape he crashes into the rig of a clown who is coming to tell Polly that she is the rightful owner of the circus. Mother and children reach the scene of the wreckage, and Foy is severely beaten up by his wife. She desists only when interrupted by the clown, who shows her the paper that proves her ownership of the show. In her joy she drops the paper and starts to kiss her children. Foy reads and then changes his attitude. The reunited family start to rejoin the circus. Back on the lot, Polly discovers that a farmer's wife has eloped with Arling, doing her act. She discharges both and in the argument that follows Foy takes all the burden of settlement and sends the other, except the farmer's wife, away. As he is trying to urge her to return to her husband that worthy appears and starts shooting. Foy's wife, thinking he is untrue to her, tries to cut off his retreat. Arling turns the lions into a cage in which Foy has taken refuge, just as the cyclone hits the tent and sends him sailing through the air in the cage with the lions. He finally reaches ground safely by using bunches of toy balloons which the cyclone blows his way. Back on earth, Arling gets the fate of a villain, and married couples agree to bury their differences. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Eddie Foy The Tramp The Tramp See fewer	Mutual Weekly, No. 51 (1915)
Polly Moran The Widow Wallop The Widow Wallop See fewer	Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Charles Arling The Ringmaster The Ringmaster See fewer	Back to God's Country (1919)
Eddie Foy Jr. One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Bryan Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Charley Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	King of the Underworld (1939)
Irving Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
Madeline Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	Jet Attack (1958)
Mary Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	Mutual Weekly, No. 51 (1915)
Richard Foy One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys) See fewer	Mutual Weekly, No. 51 (1915)
Mae Busch The Farmer's Daughter The Farmer's Daughter See fewer	The Unholy Three (1925)
Josef Swickard The Farmer The Farmer See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Charley Chase The Circus Spieler (as Charles Parrott) The Circus Spieler (as Charles Parrott) See fewer	Neighborhood House (1936)
Irving Bacon The Deserting Husband (uncredited) The Deserting Husband (uncredited) See fewer	Meet John Doe (1941)
Jimmy Bryant Minor Role (uncredited) Minor Role (uncredited) See fewer	The Moonshiners (1916)
Vivian Edwards The Girl Playing with the Tramp (uncredited) The Girl Playing with the Tramp (uncredited) See fewer	Those College Girls (1915)
Frank Hayes The Minister (uncredited) The Minister (uncredited) See fewer	Vanity Fair (1923)
Walter Klintberg The Superintendent of the Poor House (uncredited) The Superintendent of the Poor House (uncredited) See fewer	Because He Loved Her (1916)
Fritz Schade The Clown (uncredited) The Clown (uncredited) See fewer	Hash House Mashers (1915)