Year: 1927
Runtime: 20 mins
Language: English
Director: Edward F. Cline
Donald Drake, an ex soda‑jerk turned gondolier, arrives at Shanghai’s All Nation Café where the owner assumes he’s broke. When he unexpectedly wins a modest sum, the owner sends his American hostesses, Maud and Mollie, to spend it. Donald recounts his past, especially the loss of his true love, and a roulette coin and revelations alter his fate.
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