Fool's Gold is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble.

[2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Marshall Strong (Lewis) and John Moore (Playter) are partners in a mine and both love school teacher Constance Harvey (Turner).

Twenty years later Strong, calling himself Mark Smith, is a wealthy mine operator and he and Lilas have a daughter Nancy (Brent).

Constance is still a widow and her son David Moore (Greene) gets a job working at the mine and meets Nancy.

Nancy's mother Lilas has arranged an engagement for her daughter to an English baronet, Sir Horace Seaton (Hyde).