The Mainspring

Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.

• William ParkerWriter
• Jack ConwayDirector

• Ben F. WilsonLawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
• Francelia BillingtonJesse Craven
• Wilbur HigbyRichard Creelman
• Henry HollandEdith Craven
• Clyde BensonWilliam Ramsdale
• Raymond WhittakerShackleton
• Marc RobbinsIsrael Farnum
• Thomas JeffersonJames Sharp
• Ed BradyJerviss
• Mary MauriceBernice