The Usurer's Grip 1912 Directed by Charles Brabin
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.
Country
USA
Language
English
Production Company
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Release Date 4 October 1912
15 mins
Cast
Walter Edwin
Thomas Jenks
Gertrude McCoy
Mrs. Thomas Jenks
Edna May Weick
The Jenks' Little Girl
Charles Ogle
Manager of the Loan Office
Louise Sydmeth
The 'Bawler-Out'
Robert Brower
The Enlightened Employer
