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A Price for Folly (1915)
50 min | Drama

A Price for Folly (1915)

50 min | Drama

M. Jean de Segni, scion of a noble house, is notorious for his reckless extravagance and wild life, but on receiving word from his lawyers that he is ruined he takes it like a true gambler, with a shrug of the shoulders. Most of his money ...See moreM. Jean de Segni, scion of a noble house, is notorious for his reckless extravagance and wild life, but on receiving word from his lawyers that he is ruined he takes it like a true gambler, with a shrug of the shoulders. Most of his money he has spent lavishly on a mercenary actress of great beauty, Dorothea Jardeau. The news of his ruin gets into the papers, and his father, who has managed to keep from his mother the kind of life Jean has been living, realizes she will soon know. He also knows that after his death Jean will gamble his mother into the poorhouse unless she dies of a broken heart first, for she idolizes her son. With little time left, the father decides to take his beloved wife with him, and he kills her. The butler discovers Jean with a stiletto in his hand at the body of his mother, but the Duke saves Jean from being accused of murder by confessing that he did it. Nevertheless, everyone, including his Dorothea, believes the Duke lied to save his son, and after his father's death Jean finds himself scorned and a social outcast without a single friend. After a row with a M. Landon, a duel is arranged, and Jean, on the field of honor, realizes his folly has killed his parents, and he fires in the air, receiving a mortal wound from his adversary. As he dies he confesses to Landon that indirectly he caused his parents' death, and that he considered it God's sentence that he be killed for his folly. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Edith Storey Dorothea Jardeau Dorothea Jardeau See fewer	The Christian (1914)
Antonio Moreno M. Jean de Segni M. Jean de Segni See fewer	Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Louise Beaudet Duchess de Segni Duchess de Segni See fewer	The Goddess (1915)
Charles Kent Duke de Segni Duke de Segni See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Harry T. Morey M. Henri Landon M. Henri Landon See fewer	In Honor's Web (1919)
Ethel Corcoran Mlle. Elsa Benviet Mlle. Elsa Benviet See fewer	The Scarlet Runner (1916)
T. Waln-Mogan Draper Mons. Benoist Mons. Benoist See fewer	The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915)
Helen Pillsbury Mme. Benoist Mme. Benoist See fewer	The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Johnny Hines Butler (as John Hines) Butler (as John Hines) See fewer	Little Johnny Jones (1923)
Arthur Cozine Maurice Maurice See fewer	Midnight (1934)
Hughie Mack Actor Actor See fewer	Bringing Up Father (1915)