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King of Coins (1903): The viewer is taken on a brief tour of the US Mint to see how silver dollars are made. |
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King of Coins (1903): Unable to look his young son in the eye and say, "There is no more magic left in the world," a pauper works a series of near-impossible tasks every day just so he can bring home a single shiny penny and, with a weary-whimpered "abracadabra," pull it out of his son's ear. This heartwarming drama reminds us that a little elbow grease and a lot of love can conjure miracles. |
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King of Coins (1903): A king sits on a pile of coins, happily counting them. Later he looks out the window and sees a poor but pretty girl begging in the street below his palace. Angrily he orders his guards to drive her away but later, alone with his coins, he thinks of her. The king turns up on her doorstep and gives her a bag of coins; she remarks on how lonely he must be and offers to be his friend. She kisses his cheek. The end. |
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King of Coins (1903): This modest tribute to a hard-working urban technician anticipated the invention of the public pay telephone. |
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King of Coins (1903): A hobo wanders around town finding loose change in the oddest of places. |
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King of Coins (1903): A mysterious hand appears from the side of the picture, and, after motioning for a second, produces a number of silver coins and drops them in a glass. Eventually the glass is filled with money, and, reaching down, the hand empties the glass into another hand that appears in this section of the film. The money disappears as rapidly as it came, and the hands shake, closing the picture. Very mystifying. |
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None of the synopses above could possibly be legitimate! |
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I give up! What is the answer? |
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