The Usurer's Grip (1912)
Here with the Edison Company -- most notably Charles Ogle as the usurer -- we see a 'typical' case of the victims of usury. Although offered as a 'realistic' view of the effects of usury, it veers frequently into melodrama.
Director: Charles Brabin
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Walter Edwin as Thomas Jenks |
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Gertrude McCoy as Mrs. Thomas Jenks |
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Edna May Weick as The Jenks' Little Girl |
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Charles Ogle as Manager of the Loan Office |
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Louise Sydmeth as The 'Bawler-Out' |
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Robert Brower as The Enlightened Employer |
| Directing | Charles Brabin | Director |
| Writing | Theodora Huntington | Writer |