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The Charlatan (1929)
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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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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Genre:Thriller
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In Theaters:4/13/1929
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Runtime:63 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures
Cast
George Melford
Director
Holmes Herbert
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Margaret Livingston
Florence Talbot
Rockliffe Fellowes
Richard Talbot
Philo McCullough
Walter Paynter
Anita Garvin
Mrs. Paynter
Crauford Kent
Frank Deering
Rose Tapley
Mrs. Deering
Dorothy Gould
Ann Talbot
Fred MacKaye
Jerry Starke
John George
Count Merlin's Assistant (uncredited)
Fritzi Fern
The Talbots' Maid (uncredited)
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