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1927 · 20 mins · English
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Starring
Roger Moore, Irving Bacon, George Gray, Dave Morris, Ben Turpin, Bud Ross

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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