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Puppets of Fate

19211h
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1921

Runtime

1h

Storyline

Gabriel Palombra, a Venetian Punchinello Street show operator decides to move to America leaving his wife, Sorrentina, behind, with a promise to send for her. In the United States, disillusioned, he takes a job as porter in a barbershop, but when he is rewarded for returning a lost pocketbook, manicurist "Babe" Reynolds persuades him to bet on a winning horse. Under her influence he rises to wealth. Meanwhile, Sorrentina arrives in New York and takes work as a flower girl.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Mar 28, 1921
Languages
No Language
Director
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Production
Metro Pictures Corporation
Metro Pictures Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America

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