The Usurer's Grip (1912)
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.
- Date of release
- 1912-10-04
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 15m
- Director
- Charles Brabin
Casting
- 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
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