The Charlatan (1929)

1929 · Feature film · 63 min · dir. George Melford

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Synopsis

A woman goes to a sideshow fortune-teller to have her fortune told, and is astonished when the man looks into his crystal ball and goes into great detail about events in her past that few people ever knew about. Shaken, she leaves and later tells her girlfriend about the incident. The girlfriend insists that she invite the fortune-teller to a party they're having at her house. What the woman doesn't realize is that the "fortune-teller" is actually the ex-husband she abandoned years ago, when she took their daughter and ran off with her lover. When the "charlatan" is invited to the party, he sees an opportunity to take his revenge on his faithless ex-wife.

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Details

Director

George Melford

Writer

Ernest Pascal

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

1929-04-13

Running time

63 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Feature Films

Cast & crew

• George Melford Director
• Holmes Herbert
• Margaret Livingston
• Rockliffe Fellowes
• Philo McCullough
• Anita Garvin
• Crauford Kent
• John George

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