I'm a Fool

Series: American Short Story Series

Duration: 38

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Learning In Focus

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Adapts the short story of the same title by Sherwood Anderson which depicts the conflicts and confusions experienced by a young man entering adulthood while working the racetrack circuit as a horse tender in the early 1900s. Follows the young man as he meets a young woman and lies about his family and position in order to impress her. Dramatizes the young man's dilemma when he realizes that he is as fond of her as she is of him and that their relationship is based on his lie. Features Ron Howard., A young man finds romance on the Ohio racetrack circuit in the early 1900s. Based on a story by Sherwood Anderson.

Complete Record: Adapts the short story of the same title by Sherwood Anderson which depicts the conflicts and confusions experienced by a young man entering adulthood while working the racetrack circuit as a horse tender in the early 1900s. Follows the young man as he meets a young woman and lies about his family and position in order to impress her. Dramatizes the young man's dilemma when he realizes that he is as fond of her as she is of him and that their relationship is based on his lie. Features Ron Howard., A racetrack laborer, touring tracks in Ohio in the early 1900's, lies to a wealthy and beautiful woman in hopes of impressing her. When she reveals her fondness for him, he feels trapped and unable to tell her the truth. His insight at the conclusion forms the title of this story. , Andy meets a rich, beautiful girl and tries to impress her with lies about his wealth because she's ..."the kind of girl you see just once in your life, and if you don't make hay, then she's gone and you may as well jump off a bridge." But Andy's trapped in his own web of lies. It's Anderson's favorite subject of boys growing into manhood. Ron Howard and Amy Irving star., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.