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The Broken Coin (1915)
440 min | Adventure, Mystery

The Broken Coin (1915)

440 min | Adventure, Mystery

Episode 1: "The Broken Coin" Kitty Grey, a reporter, leaves her office for lunch. On her way to the restaurant she sees in an old curiosity shop half of a broken coin, inscribed in Latin. The name "Gretzhoffen" attracts her attention, and ...See moreEpisode 1: "The Broken Coin" Kitty Grey, a reporter, leaves her office for lunch. On her way to the restaurant she sees in an old curiosity shop half of a broken coin, inscribed in Latin. The name "Gretzhoffen" attracts her attention, and she buys the coin. On her way out of the shop she drops the papers she is carrying, which are picked up and handed to her by a foreign-looking man, who had been watching the coin before Kitty came along. Kitty goes on her way and the man enters the shop to buy the coin. He is told by the proprietor that the young lady who just left the shop bought it. Kitty, thinking she has material for a good story, forgets about lunch and goes to her room for an old article she has written regarding the poverty-stricken Kingdom of Gretzhoffen, and with the aid of a Latin grammar, translates the inscription on the coin, which reads: "Underneath flagstone of north corner torture cham he found treasures valuable s the kingd Gretzhoffen Mi." Tis arouses her imagination to such an extent that she hurries back to her office and asks the editor to give her three months to go to Gretzhoffen and locate the other half of the coin. In the meantime the mysterious looking foreigner has followed Kitty to her home, entered her room while she was at the office and ransacked everything in general, looking for the coin which Kitty, at that moment, had in a chamois bag around her neck. He leaves, disgusted. Everything ready for her departure, Kitty goes aboard the boat, where she comes face to face with the foreigner. After dinner Kitty falls asleep in her stateroom, after making sure that the half coin is safe. She awakens suddenly to glimpse the profile of a man at the porthole of her compartment. He disappears as she sits up. Realizing something is wrong, Kitty, after making sure no one is watching her, takes the coin, her passport and other valuables from the bag and hides them in her stocking. After another cautious survey she returns to bed. Sometime later she is awakened to find a hand holding her chamois bag disappear through the porthole. She runs to the porthole just in time to see the form of a man disappear around the bow of the boat. Realizing the bag contained only her handkerchief and an American half-dollar, and that the coin is safe in her stocking, Kitty locks the porthole and retires for the night. She sees no more of the strange foreigner, and arrives safe in Gretzhoffen. On investigating, with the help of the American Consul, Kitty finds that the Kingdom of Gretzhoffen is a very poor little principality, ruled by a puppet king, Michael the Second, who is under the power of a supposed friend, Count Frederick. Frederick, in reality, is the pretender to the throne occupied by the puppet, and uses Michael, under the guise of friendship, to further his own plans and to ascend to the throne of Gretzhoffen. The financial straits of the little kingdom are due to the fact that gold scripts and jewels belonging to Michael's father, the old King Michael the First, have been missing since the death of the old king, and the only clue to the missing valuables is half of a broken coin, inscribed in Latin, and given to the present king by an old servant of Michael the First's on his, the servant's, deathbed. Michael, the puppet, has, after a fashion, tried to locate the other half of the coin. Count Frederick, knowing of the coin and its value, procures it, through the aid of his valet and accomplice, Grahame, and determines to find the other half, dethrone Michael, and ascend the throne, a rich ruler of Gretzhoffen. Thanking the consul for the information, Kitty bids him good-day and strikes out for the hotel. In the meantime, Roleau, the foreigner who followed Kitty on her trip and is, in reality, a hireling of the unscrupulous Frederick, reports to his employer with the bag he has obtained from Kitty on board the liner. Frederick is greatly angered at finding the bag minus the precious half coin and beats the cringing Roleau. Frederick, quickly forgetting Roleau, sets about to find another way to get the coin. Kitty, in a taxi on her way home, sees a man stagger from the back door of a fashionable house, trying to cover his blood-stained face with his coat sleeve, and stopping her car near the man, she gets out and tries to help him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Grace Cunard Kitty Gray Kitty Gray See fewer	The Twins' Double (1914)
Francis Ford Count Frederick Count Frederick See fewer	The Purple Mask (1916)
Eddie Polo Rolleaux Rolleaux See fewer	The Vanishing Dagger (1920)
Harry Schumm King Michael II King Michael II See fewer	Wynona's Vengeance (1913)
Ernest Shields Count Sacchio Count Sacchio See fewer	The Greyhound Limited (1929)
John Ford Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
W.C. Canfield Gorgas the Outlaw Gorgas the Outlaw See fewer	The Broken Coin (1915)
Reece Gardner The Apache (as Reese Gardner) The Apache (as Reese Gardner) See fewer	The Primeval Test (1913)
Doc Crane Pawnbroker Pawnbroker See fewer	Lord John's Journal (1915)
Harry Mann Frederick's Servant Frederick's Servant See fewer	Whiz and Whiskers (1919)
Victor Goss Frederick's Servant (as Vic Goss) Frederick's Servant (as Vic Goss) See fewer	Nabbed (1915)
Lew Short Prime Minister (as Lewis Short) Prime Minister (as Lewis Short) See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)
Edward Clark Frederick's Henchman (as E.A. Clarke) Frederick's Henchman (as E.A. Clarke) See fewer	Sally in Our Alley (1927)
George Utell Frederick's Henchman (as G.J. Uttal) Frederick's Henchman (as G.J. Uttal) See fewer	Mothers of Men (1917)
Bert Wilson Confidante to Frederick Confidante to Frederick See fewer	Dolly's Vacation (1918)
Mina Cunard The King's Sweetheart The King's Sweetheart See fewer	Lord John's Journal (1915)
Carl Laemmle Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief See fewer	Frankenstein (1931)
Jack Holt Captain Williams Captain Williams See fewer	Cat People (1942)
Mark Fenton King of Grahaffen King of Grahaffen See fewer	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Neil Hardin Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	The Neglected Wife (1917)
Burton Law Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	Winners of the West (1921)
Gertrude Short Young girl Young girl See fewer	Love Birds (1934)
William White Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	Sheriff of Sun Dog (1922)