The Mainspring(1916)
Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.
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Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven (as Ben Wilson)
Jesse Craven (as W.J. Higby)
Shackleton (as Raymond Whittaker)
Israel Farnum (as Marc Robbins)
James Sharp
Jerviss (as E.J. Brady)
Bernice (as Mrs. Maurice)
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Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.
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1916-11-27
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