''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' is a 1926 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...

and written by

Elizabeth Meehan Elizabeth Meehan (22 August 1894 – 24 April 1967) was a British screenwriter who worked in both Britain and Hollywood. Early life Meehan was born on the Isle of Wight, and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career As a young woman, ...

and John Russell. The film stars

Lois Moran Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling; March 1, 1909 – July 13, 1990) was an American film and stage actress.

, Lya De Putti,

Jack Mulhall John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years. Early years Mu ...

, William Collier, Jr.,

Adrienne D'Ambricourt Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French-American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. Biography ...

, Leo Feodoroff, and Rosa Rosanova. The film was released on November 20, 1926, by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

. It is based on the novel ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' by Dixie Willson, subsequently remade by

Paramount British Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production and distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest ...

as a

sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...

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'' in 1932.

Cast

Lois Moran Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling; March 1, 1909 – July 13, 1990) was an American film and stage actress.

as Mary * Lya De Putti as Cassie Lang *

as Steve Doren * William Collier, Jr. as Barney Tapman *

as Ma Tapman *

Leo Feodoroff Leo Feodoroff (1867 - November 23, 1949) was a Russian opera impresario, singer and silent film actor. Feodoroff was born in Odessa in the Russian Empire in 1867. At a young age, he left home to travel with an opera company. He sang bass in vari ...

as Andre Dufour *

Rosa Rosanova Rosa Rosanova (June 23, 1869 – May 29, 1944) was a Russian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in numerous American films as a starring or supporting actress in the 1920s and 1930s Biography Born in Russia, Rosanova completed he ...

as Mrs. Dufour *Claude Brooke as The Florist

Preservation

With no prints of ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' located in any film archives, it is a

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.''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: ''Lost Paramount films - 1926''

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* * 1926 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1926 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Herbert Brenon Lost American films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost drama films 1926 lost films 1920s American films Films with screenplays by John Russell (screenwriter) Films based on American novels {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub