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The Usurer's Grip

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Calorie Rating: 21
Released: 1912-10-04
Running Time: 15 Minutes
Studios: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,

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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.