The Mainspring

The Mainspring — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 27, 1916
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Jack Conway

The Mainspring — Cast

Ben F. Wilson Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven Francelia Billington Jesse Craven Wilbur Higby Richard Creelman

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Henry Holland Edith Craven

C

Clyde Benson William Ramsdale Raymond Whittaker Shackleton Marc Robbins Israel Farnum Thomas Jefferson James Sharp