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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Holmes HerbertPeter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Margaret LivingstonFlorence Talbot
Rockliffe FellowesRichard Talbot
Philo McCulloughWalter Paynter
Anita GarvinMrs. Paynter
Crauford KentFrank Deering
John GeorgeCount Merlin's Assistant (uncredited)Movie DNA
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What is The Charlatan about?
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.
How long is The Charlatan?
The Charlatan has a runtime of 63 minutes.