The Millionaire Paupers (1915)

Directed by

Joe De Grasse

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

45 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man faces a reversal of fortune that forces him into poverty. The film follows his struggle to adapt to a new life without money.

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What happens

The Millionaire Paupers is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Ida May Park and featuring Lon Chaney and Grace Thompson. The film's working title was Fate's a Fiddler. Actress Olive Carey was advertised in an early promo piece, but apparently did not appear in the finished film. Only a fragment of the film survives in a private collection, having been discovered in the early 1990s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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