The Broken Coin
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The Broken Coin is a 1915
adventure
-mystery
film serial directed by Francis Ford
. This serial is presumed to be lost
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1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
adventure
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
-mystery
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
film serial directed by Francis Ford
Francis Ford (actor)
Francis Ford was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the older brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.He starred in the 1912 two-reeler The Deserter by Thomas H. Ince and acted in over 400...
. This serial is presumed to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Grace CunardGrace CunardGrace Cunard was an American actress, screenwriter and film director, who was also sister of actress Mina Cunard.-Career:...
- Kitty Gray - Francis FordFrancis Ford (actor)Francis Ford was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the older brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.He starred in the 1912 two-reeler The Deserter by Thomas H. Ince and acted in over 400...
- Count Frederick - Eddie PoloEddie PoloEddie Polo was an Austro-American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 77 films between 1913 and 1944. Born Edward W. Wyman in Vienna, Austria, Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack....
- Roleau - Harry SchummHarry SchummHarry Schumm was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 37 films between 1913 and 1920.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- King Michael II - Ernest ShieldsErnest ShieldsErnest Shields was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1914 and 1944.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Count Sacchio - John FordJohn FordJohn Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
- Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) - W.C. Canfield - Gorgas the Outlaw
- Reese Gardiner - The Apache
- Doc Crane - Pawnbroker
- Harry Mann - Servant
- Victor Goss - Servant (as Vic Goss)
- Lew Short - Prime Minister (as Lewis Short)
- George Utell - Henchman (as G.J. Uttal)
- Bert Wilson - Confidante
- Mina Cunard - King's Sweetheart
- Carl LaemmleCarl LaemmleCarl Laemmle , born in Laupheim, Württemberg, Germany, was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios - Universal...
- Editor-in-Chief - Jack HoltJack Holt (actor)Jack Holt was an American motion picture actor. He was a leading man of silent and sound films, and was known for his many roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
- Captain Williams - Mark FentonMark FentonMark Fenton was an American actor of the silent era. He had a sturdy theatrical and Broadway career behind him before coming to silent pictures...
- King of Grahaffen - ?John GeorgeJohn George (actor)John George was a dwarf actor who appeared in at least 130 movies from 1916 to 1960. George worked in films of all genres alongside countless stars although often for only the briefest of appearances....
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Chapter titles
- The Broken Coin
- The Satan of the Sands
- When the Throne Rocked
- The Face at the Window
- The Underground Foe
- A Startling Discovery
- Between Two Fires
- The Prison in the Palace
- Room 22
- Cornered
- The Clash of Arms
- A Cry in the Dark
- War
- On the Battlefield
- Either
- “The Deluge, or,
- The Meanest of Them All
- Kitty in Danger
- The Castaways
- The Underground City
- The Sacred Fire
- Between Two Fires
- A Timely Rescue
- An American Queen