The Broken Coin
(1915) American
B&W : Serial / 44 reels
Directed by Francis Ford

Cast: Grace Cunard [Kitty Gray], Francis Ford [Count Frederick], Eddie Polo [Roleau], Harry Schumm [King Michael II], Ernest Shields [Count Sacchio], Jack Ford (John Ford) [Sacchio’s accomplice], W.C. Canfield (William Canfield) [Gorgas the outlaw], Reese Gardiner [the Apache], Doc Crane [pawnbroker], Harry Mann [servant], Vic Goss (Victor Goss) [servant], Lewis Short (Lew Short) [prime minister], [?] E.J. Uttal or George J. Uttel? [henchman], Bert Wilson [confidante], Mina Cunard [the King’s sweetheart], Carl Laemmle (Sr.) [editor-in-chief], E.A. Clark, Mark Fenton, Jack Holt, Burton C. Law, Norman MacDonald, William White

Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special]. / Scenario by Grace Cunard, from a story by Emerson Hough. Assistant director Jack Ford (John Ford). Cinematography by R.E. Irish and Harry McGuire (Harry McGuire Stanley). / Twenty-two episodes (two reels each): [1] “The Broken Coin,” © 14 June 1914 by Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, and released 21 June 1915; [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] [?] “The Deluge” or “The Meanest of Them All”?; [16] “Kitty in Danger,” released 3 October 1915; [17] “The Castaways”; [18] “The Underground City”; [19] “The Sacred Fire”; [20] “Between Two Fires”; [21] “A Timely Rescue”; [22] “An American Queen.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Newspapers: Reporters - Rescues - Serials - USA: California: San Francisco

Listing updated: 23 May 2006.

References: Braff-Universal n. 931; Drew-Speaking p. 253; Edmonds-BigU pp. 59, 60, 103; Gallagher-Ford pp. 8, 11, 15; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 8; Lahue-Collecting p. 149; Lahue-Continued pp. 29-30, 161, 283; Sinclair-Ford p. 229; Stedman-Serials p. 11; Tarbox-Lost pp. 232, 237 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.