Broke in China
movie

Released April 23, 1927
Genres:
Overview
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
Cast

Ben Turpin
as
Donald Drake

Louise Carver
as
Maud - the Saloon Girl

Alice Belcher
as
Mollie - the Saloon Girl

Ruth Taylor
as
Ruth - Donald's Sweetheart

Andy Clyde
as
Ruth's Father

Kathrin Clare Ward
as
Ruth's Mother
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Dan Maines
as
Donald's Sailor Buddy

William McCall
as
Proprietor of All Nations Café

Tiny Ward
as
Big Chinese Waiter

Dave Morris
as
Croupier

Roger Moore
as
Ruth's Sweetheart

Bud Ross
as
Singer With Toupee
Crew

Edward F. Cline
as
Director
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Blane Byal
as
Propmaker
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Jefferson Moffitt
as
Writer

Mack Sennett
as
Producer
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Glenn DeVol
as
Assistant Director
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Al Giebler
as
Title Graphics
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William Hornbeck
as
Editor

George Jeske
as
Writer

Harry McCoy
as
Writer
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Kenneth Goodycoontz
as
Propmaker
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Earl Stafford
as
Special Effects
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David Weissman
as
Title Graphics