''The Broken Coin'' is a 1915 American
adventure
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mystery
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film serial
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directed by
Francis Ford. This serial is presumed to be
lost
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Cast
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Grace Cunard
Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries; April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. During the silent era, she starred in over 100 films, wrote or co-wrote at least 44 of those production ...
- Kitty Gray
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Francis Ford - Count Frederick
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Eddie Polo
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- Roleau
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Harry Schumm
Harry Schumm (September 27, 1877 – April 4, 1953) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in almost 50 films between 1913 and 1920. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* ''A ...
- King Michael II
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Ernest Shields
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- Count Sacchio
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John Ford
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- Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
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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
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Mina Cunard - King's Sweetheart
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Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films.
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- Editor-in-Chief
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Jack Holt - Captain Williams
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Mark Fenton
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- King of Grahaffen
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John George[''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'' by Daniel Blum c.1953 page 81 ("The Broken Coin")]- uncredited
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
#Kitty in Danger
#The Castaways
#The Underground City
#The Sacred Fire
#Between Two Fires
#A Timely Rescue
#An American Queen
See also
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
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1915 films
1915 adventure films
1915 lost films
American silent serial films
American mystery films
American black-and-white films
Lost American films
Films directed by Francis Ford
Films with screenplays by Grace Cunard
Universal Pictures film serials
Lost adventure films
1910s American films
Silent adventure films
Silent mystery films
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