The Usurer's Grip

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The Usurer's Grip (1912)

Directed by Charles Brabin

· 15m

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.

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Cast

W
Walter Edwin Thomas Jenks Gertrude McCoy Mrs. Thomas Jenks
E
Edna May Weick The Jenks' Little Girl Charles Ogle Manager of the Loan Office
L
Louise Sydmeth The 'Bawler-Out' Robert Brower The Enlightened Employer

Crew

Director
Charles Brabin
Writer
Theodora Huntington

Details

Release date
1912-10-04
Runtime
15m
Original language
EN
Production
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.