Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns for something which appears better than her lot. She reasons: "Have I not youth and beauty and attainments far above this environment? Why should I be compelled to toil and struggle in this wilderness?"
Watch the official Fools of Fate 1909 trailer in HD below.
James Kirkwood as Ben Webster
Marion Leonard as Fanny Webster
Frank Powell as Ed Hilton
William Beaudine as Extra (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith Director
Frank E. Woods Writer
Billy Bitzer Cinematography
Robert Harron Props
William Beaudine Assistant Camera
United States 06 October 1909
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
15 March 1909
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the sweetheart of Veronica, a street singer.
30 August 1909
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story.
31 May 1909
It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining.
01 April 1909
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play.
24 November 1909
A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and kills him.
01 July 1909
Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck.
07 June 1909
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize.
30 August 1909
Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.
08 August 1909
A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.
08 December 1909
Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.
29 August 1909
A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his bike changes shape anytime the witch wants it to.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1909 American Mutoscope & Biograph.
