Site Revisions Underway Some Features May Not Work
Poster for The Usurer's Grip

The Usurer's Grip (1912)

★ 5.7/10 15 min Unknown English
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

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

Powered by

TMDB
× Movie poster
Back to Film Diary Index