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UNITED STATES · 1909

The Golden Louis

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood charity karma gambling debt repayment urban poverty
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Synopsis

An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.

Year1909
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
MovementClassical Hollywood
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