The Usurer's Grip

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 EdwinThomas Jenks

Gertrude McCoyMrs. Thomas Jenks

Edna May WeickThe Jenks' Little Girl

Charles OgleManager of the Loan Office

Louise SydmethThe 'Bawler-Out'

Robert BrowerThe Enlightened Employer