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Puppets of Fate

Mar 28, 1921

1h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Sorrentina Palombra

Viola Dana

Gabriel Palombra

Francis McDonald

"Babe" Reynolds

Jackie Saunders

Bobs

Fred Kelsey

Father Francisco

Tom Ricketts

Mike Reynolds

Edgar Kennedy

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