The Toss of a Coin Trailer (1911)

31 August 1911 10 mins

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.

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Cast

Mary Pickford as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter

Irvin Willat as Dan Gardner

Crew

Thomas H. Ince Director

International Releases Dates

United States 31 August 1911

Production Companies

Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

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