God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Sailors Steve Doren and Barney Tapman ship into New Orleans just in time for the last day of the Mardi Gras. They enter on a boisterous tour of the city, and as they pass a storefront restaurant, Steve's eye falls upon Mary, a fragile flower of a waitress, and the rugged sailor sweeps her onto their float, beginning a whirlwind courtship that leads to the altar in less than a fortnight. Steve's old flame, Cassie, is a worldly woman but cannot accept her lover's hands-off policy. She dares him to toss coins with her for a last fling, and when "heads" come up, Cassie and Steve are off to a cafe, where Steve buys them some coffee and inexplicably rushes out, angrily flinging the coins into the gutter. Apparently deserted, Mary is despondent until, finding two dimes on the dock, she buys a white flower for her hair, hopefully remembering the night she met Steve. She then stumbles upon Barney and Cassie, who have fallen back into larcenous ways and are rifling a safe. Cassie is shot, clears Steve before dying, and sets Mary's heart a-thumping in anticipation of Steve's returning ship. The lovers are happily rejoined, and the erstwhile florist finally shows up with two dimes, each with two heads, and Mary answers Steve's curious entreaties: "I prayed--and God gave me twenty cents."
- 1926
- 1 Hr 10 Mins
- Drama
Sailors Steve Doren and Barney Tapman ship into New Orleans just in time for the last day of the Mardi Gras. They enter on a boisterous tour of the city, and as they pass a storefront restaurant, Steve's eye falls upon Mary, a fragile flower of a waitress, and the rugged sailor sweeps her onto their float, beginning a whirlwind courtship that leads to the altar in less than a fortnight. Steve's old flame, Cassie, is a worldly woman but cannot accept her lover's hands-off policy. She dares him to toss coins with her for a last fling, and when "heads" come up, Cassie and Steve are off to a cafe, where Steve buys them some coffee and inexplicably rushes out, angrily flinging the coins into the gutter. Apparently deserted, Mary is despondent until, finding two dimes on the dock, she buys a white flower for her hair, hopefully remembering the night she met Steve. She then stumbles upon Barney and Cassie, who have fallen back into larcenous ways and are rifling a safe. Cassie is shot, clears Steve before dying, and sets Mary's heart a-thumping in anticipation of Steve's returning ship. The lovers are happily rejoined, and the erstwhile florist finally shows up with two dimes, each with two heads, and Mary answers Steve's curious entreaties: "I prayed--and God gave me twenty cents."
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