''Pawn Ticket 210'' is a 1922 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Scott R. Dunlap Scott R. Dunlap (June 20, 1892 – March 30, 1970) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Career Dunlap was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1892 and entered the film business in 1915. He produced 70 films between 1 ...

and starring Shirley Mason,

Robert Agnew Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras. Agnew was born in Dayton, Kentucky. He died in 1983 in Palm Springs, C ...

, and

Irene Hunt Irene Hunt (May 18, 1903 – May 18, 2001) was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, ''Across Five Aprils'', and won the medal for her second, ''Up a Roa ...

Plot

As described in a

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, On the day that Mrs. Levi (Manners) leaves her husband Harris (Warren), another woman comes into his

pawn shop A pawnbroker is an individual that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. A pawnbrokering business is called a pawnshop, and while many items can be pawned, pawnshops typically accept jewelry, ...

and tries to purchase a handgun. While she is in there, a policeman brings in a baby girl whom he says the woman left in the street. Harris gives the woman, Ruth Sternhold (Hunt), a pawn ticket for the child and promises to care for her. Years later, when the child has become the young woman Meg (Mason), Harris discovers that she is falling in love with Chick Saxe (Agnew), one of the young fellows of the neighborhood who has a rather shady reputation. Harris wants to give Meg every opportunity, so he arranges for a friend, supposedly a wealthy bachelor, to let her live at his home. Meg goes to her new surroundings and one day by chance meets her old sweetheart Chick, who swears that he has reformed. Ruth appears at the pawn shop with her ticket and wants to reclaim her child. Harris takes her to the house Meg is staying at and discovers that not only is his friend the husband of Ruth, but he is also the man who robbed Harris of his wife. Meg is able to bring about a reconciliation between the man who raised her and her real father.

Cast

* Shirley Mason as Meg *

as Chick Saxe *

as Ruth Sternhold * Jacob Abrams as Abe Levi * Dorothy Manners as Mrs. Levi * Fred Warren as Harris Levi * Muriel McCormac

Preservation

''Pawn Ticket 210'' is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

.Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Pawn Ticket 210''
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References

Bibliography

* Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films 1922 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language drama films Films based on plays Films directed by Scott R. Dunlap Films with screenplays by Jules Furthman Fox Film films Lost American drama films Silent American drama films {{silent-film-stub