Film · Drama

Puppets of Fate (1921)

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.

Director

Dallas M. Fitzgerald

Writers

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne, Ruth Ann Baldwin, Molly Parro

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

March 28, 1921