His Last Dollar

His Last Dollar — Plot

Former newsboy and jockey Joe Braxton, becomes a millionaire rancher and decides to visit New York. He soon becomes the prey of swindler Tom Linson and socialite Viola Grayson. Linson defrauds Braxton's old employer, Colonel Downs, and attempts to corrupt Eleanor, the colonel's daughter. When Eleanor learns that Linson intends to destroy Joe on the stock exchange, she warns him, disregarding Linson's threat to ruin her reputation. Eleanor is too late, but Joe recovers his losses by riding Mongrel to victory in the Kentucky Futurity, after having stacked his last dollar on the horse's success.

• Release date
• October 28, 1914
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Frank Powell

His Last Dollar — Cast

David Higgins Joe Braxton Betty Gray Eleanor Downs Hal Clarendon Linson

E

Edgar L. Davenport Colonel Downs Wellington A. Playter Broker Jack Pickford Jockey Jones

N

Nat G. Deverich Jockey Ross