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The Usurer's Grip

  • 19121912
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
70
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Walter Edwin, Gertrude McCoy, Charles Ogle, and Edna May Weick in The Usurer's Grip (1912)
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A young clerk, a small salary, a wife and child, the child long ill then the doctor's bill and other bills and debts accumulate; the advertisement in the news about borrowing money on your f... Read allA young clerk, a small salary, a wife and child, the child long ill then the doctor's bill and other bills and debts accumulate; the advertisement in the news about borrowing money on your furniture at six per cent. Ah. That's the solution. I'll try it. Yes, he tried it and as th... Read allA young clerk, a small salary, a wife and child, the child long ill then the doctor's bill and other bills and debts accumulate; the advertisement in the news about borrowing money on your furniture at six per cent. Ah. That's the solution. I'll try it. Yes, he tried it and as the picture unfolds itself we see the clerk careworn and desperate borrowing twenty-five dol... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
70
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
549,321
74,349
  • Director
    • Charles Brabin
  • Writers
    • Theodora Huntington(story)
    • Bannister Merwin(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Walter Edwin
    • Gertrude McCoy
    • Edna May Weick
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  • Director
    • Charles Brabin
  • Writers
    • Theodora Huntington(story)
    • Bannister Merwin(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Walter Edwin
    • Gertrude McCoy
    • Edna May Weick
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    Walter Edwin and Gertrude McCoy in The Usurer's Grip (1912)
    Walter Edwin in The Usurer's Grip (1912)
    Walter Edwin and Gertrude McCoy in The Usurer's Grip (1912)
    The Usurer's Grip (1912)

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    Walter Edwin
    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
    • Director
      • Charles Brabin
    • Writers
      • Theodora Huntington(story)
      • Bannister Merwin(scenario)
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    Usurer's Grip, The (1912)

    *** (out of 4)

    Edison short tells the danger of going to a loan shark. A poor couple (Walter Edwin, Gertrude McCoy) is at the end of the line because their young daughter is ill and dying so they go to a loan shark (Charles Ogle) but this ends up hurting them even more. This short plays out like a lot of the films D.W. Griffith was making at the time as it is very sympathetic to the poor while coming down hard on those who take advantage of them. This movie certainly comes off quite melodramatic at times but the story is still very good. What really sets this short apart is the terrific acting from the three leads. Edwin is terrific as the father but it's Ogle who really steals the film as the loan shark. Most will remember Ogle from playing the monster in Edison's 1910 version of Frankenstein but he is quite a figure here. I was also taken by his physical nature, which is a lot different than what we saw two years earlier in Frankenstein.
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    • Mar 10, 2008

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1912 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Edison Company
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    • Runtime
      15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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