Broke in China

Broke in China

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 for Broke in China...

Ben Turpin
Donald Drake
Louise Carver
Maud - the Saloon Girl
Alice Belcher
Mollie - the Saloon Girl
Ruth Taylor
Ruth - Donald's Sweetheart
Andy Clyde
Ruth's Father
Kathrin Clare Ward
Ruth's Mother
Dan Maines
Donald's Sailor Buddy
William McCall
Proprietor of All Nations Café
Tiny Ward
Big Chinese Waiter
Dave Morris
Croupier
Roger Moore
Ruth's Sweetheart
Bud Ross
Singer With Toupee
Irving Bacon
Military Officer
George Gray
Photographer
Hubert Diltz
Man with Photographer
Thelma Hill
Minor Role
Mary Mayberry
Minor Role
Jack Murphy
Smoker with Photographer
William Searby
Wedding Guest
George Spear
Double (uncredited)