The Usurer's Grip

Overview

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.

Directed by Charles Brabin

Top cast

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Walter Edwin

Thomas Jenks

Gertrude McCoy

Mrs. Thomas Jenks

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Edna May Weick

The Jenks' Little Girl

Charles Ogle

Manager of the Loan Office

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Louise Sydmeth

The 'Bawler-Out'

Robert Brower

The Enlightened Employer

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