27 November 1916 Drama 50 mins
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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Ben F. Wilson as Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
Francelia Billington as Jesse Craven
Wilbur Higby as Richard Creelman
Henry Holland as Edith Craven
Clyde Benson as William Ramsdale
Raymond Whittaker as Shackleton
Marc Robbins as Israel Farnum
Thomas Jefferson as James Sharp
Ed Brady as Jerviss
Mary Maurice as Bernice
United States 27 November 1916
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