The Mainspring

1916 | 50 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

The Mainspring
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    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

    27 November 1916

  • DirectingJack Conway
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