The Mainspring

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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama

Duration:

50 minutes

Year:

1916

Director:

Jack Conway

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Company:

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Cast:
Ben F. Wilson

Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven (as Ben Wilson)

Francelia Billington

Jesse Craven (as W.J. Higby)

Wilbur Higby

Richard Creelman

Henry Holland

Edith Craven

Clyde Benson

William Ramsdale

Crew:
Jack Conway

Director

William Parker

Writer

Charles Agnew MacLean

Story