The Charlatan

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Holmes HerbertPeter "Count Merlin" Dwight

Margaret LivingstonFlorence Talbot

Rockliffe FellowesRichard Talbot

Philo McCulloughWalter Paynter

Anita GarvinMrs. Paynter

Crauford KentFrank Deering

Rose TapleyMrs. Deering

Dorothy Gould

Dorothy GouldAnn Talbot

Fred MacKayeJerry Starke

John GeorgeCount Merlin's Assistant (uncredited)

Fritzi Fern

Fritzi FernThe Talbots' Maid (uncredited)