Moving Picture World (October 5, 1912) claims, "Sam Jones is a laborer, a wielder of the white-wash brush. He's in love with Lindy Williams. Having saved up quite a little money, Sam buys some swell second-hand clothes and goes to Lindy's home. Lindy's people are quite prosperous, her father having retired from his job as Public Porter." A FOOL AND HIS MONEY is one of the oldest extant films to feature an all-black cast.