The Usurer (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 18 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt" Matthew 6: 19. How few there are that appreciate the truth of this advice from holy writ, in our incessant struggle tor gold. Wealth is not only transitory, but it often conspires against our eternal salvation. "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." True it is that the fight for fortune is ethical where the methods are legitimate, but the one despicable means is that of the usurer or money shark. This man fattens on…

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Frank E. Woods

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-08-15

Running time

18 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• George Nichols
• Grace Henderson
• Alfred Paget
• AAnthony O'Sullivan
• Edward Dillon
• Clara T. Bracy
• FFrank Evans
• WWilliam J. Butler

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