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The Toss of a Coin

The Toss of a Coin

10m

August 31, 1911 (114 years ago)

Overview

A lost film. Dan Gardner, a young man, is down and out. Arrested as a tramp, he is thrown into jail. He is released with but a single coin in his pocket. Arriving at a bridge, he gazes into the water and his thoughts turn to suicide. He reaches in his pocket, extracts the coin and flips it up. Heads he dies and tails he lives. Farmer Barton, drives onto the scene keen to hire a man to assist him in his farm work. Dan is more than anxious to secure employment and accompanies the kind-hearted farmer home. Alice Barton is the farmer's daughter, and while working on the farm Dan begins to fall in love.

ActorAge thenAge now
Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter

Birthday: April 7, 1892

19 May 29, 1979 (87)
Irvin Willat

Irvin Willat

Dan Gardner

Birthday: November 18, 1890

20 April 17, 1976 (85)