Desc: A Wise Fool: Directed by George Melford. With James Kirkwood, Alice Hollister, Ann Forrest, Alan Hale. Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers that his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse: he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.