The Gambler's Chance (1911)
Guy Otwell was given a tip by a friend of his to buy coffee on the Coffee Exchange. "Coffee is going 'way up," said the friend. Otwell had no money, but he mortgaged his home for $5,000. With the money in hand he tried to telephone his broker, but the line was busy. The hour was 2:45 PM and the exchange closed at 3. There was no time to be lost. So Willie, the office-boy, was entrusted with the money and a note to the broker, instructing him to buy coffee for the entire $5,000. Now, Willie was not interested in the coffee market nearly as much as in a circus parade or the scientific game of craps. And while Willie was engaged in these diversions the Coffee Exchange closed. Willie remembered his mission just after 3 o'clock, and rushed to the brokers and found the doors closed. He realized his predicament and his probable discharge as he went sorrowfully back to tell his employer of his disastrous neglect. When Willie arrived at the office he was surprised to see Otwell walking up and down the room tearing his hair and wringing his hands, stopping sometimes to look at the tape of the ticker. Willie decided to have it all over with immediately. So he told Otwell what he had done and returned the money to him. And something very strange happened. Willie found himself in the arms of his employer and heard himself being praised. Later a couple of "yellow-backs" were put in his hands. Willie thought he must be dreaming but he was not. The simple fact was that between 2:45 and 3 the price of coffee had gone down, down, down like a bag of lead dropping from a cliff. That's how Willie saved his employer $5000 by playing a game of craps.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
