Flirting with Fate (1916)
The plot of Flirting With Fate probably wasn't new in 1916, and it certainly wouldn't disappear with this film. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. plays a struggling artist whose heart is broken when his sweetheart Jewel Carmen is promised in marriage to someone else. The woebegone Fairbanks decides he has nothing left to live for, but he isn't up to committing suicide; thus, he hires a professional killer to do the deed. When Fairbanks inherits a million dollars, Carmen's parents suddenly decide that he's worthy of their daughter's hand. The trick now is to call off the hired assassin--who is nowhere to be found! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- William Christy Cabanne
Synopsis of Flirting with Fate
The plot of Flirting With Fate probably wasn't new in 1916, and it certainly wouldn't disappear with this film. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. plays a struggling artist whose heart is broken when his sweetheart Jewel Carmen is promised in marriage to someone else. The woebegone Fairbanks decides he has nothing left to live for, but he isn't up to committing suicide; thus, he hires a professional killer to do the deed. When Fairbanks inherits a million dollars, Carmen's parents suddenly decide that he's worthy of their daughter's hand. The trick now is to call off the hired assassin--who is nowhere to be found! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Flirting with Fate
- Douglas Fairbanks - "Augy" Ainsworth
- Jewel Carmen - Gladys Kingsley
- Wilbur Higby - Landlord
- William E. Lawrence - Augy's Friend
- Dorothy Haydel - Phyllis
- André Beranger - Automatic Joe
- Howard Gaye - Roland Babney
- Lillian Langdon - Mrs. Kingsley
- J.P. McCarthy - Detective
- Director(s):
- William Christy Cabanne
- Writer(s):
- William Christy Cabanne
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