The Usurer's Grip

The read

It runs a compact 15m.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

Key crew

• Charles BrabinDirector
• Theodora HuntingtonWriter

Cast

• Walter EdwinThomas Jenks
• Gertrude McCoyMrs. Thomas Jenks
• Edna May WeickThe Jenks' Little Girl
• Charles OgleManager of the Loan Office
• Louise SydmethThe 'Bawler-Out'
• Robert BrowerThe Enlightened Employer