The Broken Coin

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The Broken Coin
Broken Coin poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Francis Ford
Written by Grace Cunard
Emerson Hough
StarringGrace Cunard
Francis Ford
Cinematography R. E. Irish
Harry McGuire Stanley
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • June 21, 1915 (1915-06-21)
Running time
440 minutes (22 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Broken Coin is a 1915 American adventure-mystery film serial directed by Francis Ford. This serial is presumed to be lost. [1] [2]

Contents

From an article in a newspaper. Thebrokencoin-1915-newspaper.jpg
From an article in a newspaper.
Production still of the cast and crew of The Broken Coin with Cunard and Francis Ford together (rear center) on throne. A cameraman, likely Harry McGuire Stanley, is sitting (front right) with a Pathe film camera between his feet. Broken Coin 1915.jpg
Production still of the cast and crew of The Broken Coin with Cunard and Francis Ford together (rear center) on throne. A cameraman, likely Harry McGuire Stanley, is sitting (front right) with a Pathé film camera between his feet.

Cast

Chapter titles

  1. The Broken Coin
  2. The Satan of the Sands
  3. When the Throne Rocked
  4. The Face at the Window
  5. The Underground Foe
  6. A Startling Discovery
  7. Between Two Fires
  8. The Prison in the Palace
  9. Room 22
  10. Cornered
  11. The Clash of Arms
  12. A Cry in the Dark
  13. War
  14. On the Battlefield
  15. Either
  16. The Deluge
  17. Kitty in Danger
  18. The Castaways
  19. The Underground City
  20. The Sacred Fire
  21. Between Two Fires
  22. A Timely Rescue
  23. An American Queen [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: The Broken Coin". Silent Era. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
  2. "Official Broken Coin Website".
  3. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen by Daniel Blum c.1953 page 81 ("The Broken Coin")