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The Usurer's Grip

The Usurer's Grip

5.7 (3) ·1912 ·15 min ·Movie

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

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