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.
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Cast
15 people
Ben F. Wilson
Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
Also in
Officer '444'
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Francelia Billington
Jesse Craven
Also in
Blind Husbands
The Masked Heart
Jack Conway
D.W. Griffith
Also in
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Her First Adventure
Ben F Wilson
Lawrence Ashmore
Charles Agnew MacLean
Wilbur Higby
Richard Creelman
Known for
True Heart Susie
William Parker
Henry Holland
Edith Craven
Clyde Benson
William Ramsdale
Also in
The Virgin of Stamboul
The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle
Raymond Whittaker
Shackleton
Also in
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Love Aflame
Marc Robbins
Israel Farnum
Also in
An International Marriage
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Jack Conway Director · William Parker Writer Charles Agnew MacLean Story
United States release November 27, 1916
Production
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Production · Distribution
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · November 27, 1916
Theatrical
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