The Grand Passion

Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville.

• Ida May ParkDirector
• Ida May ParkWriter

• Dorothy PhillipsViola Argos
• Jack MulhallJack Ripley
• Lon ChaneyPaul Argos
• William StowellDick Evans
• Bert ApplingRed Pete Jackson
• Evelyn SelbieBoston Kate
• Alfred AllenBen Mackey