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The Usurer's Grip

1912 · 15 min

A short, earnest silent melodrama that plays its moral lesson heavily, watching feels like a stern cautionary tale from another era.

Directed by
Charles Brabin
Overview
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.
How it feels
Measured and demanding.
About
Greed, class, power, guilt
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • class
    • power
    • guilt
    • morality
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Directed by
    Charles Brabin
    Written by
    Theodora Huntington
    Starring
    Walter Edwin, Gertrude McCoy, Edna May Weick, Charles Ogle, Louise Sydmeth, Robert Brower
    Runtime
    15 min
    Country
    United States of America

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