The Mainspring

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.

• Director: Jack Conway
• Cast: Ben F. Wilson, Francelia Billington, Wilbur Higby, Henry Holland, Clyde Benson, Raymond Whittaker, Marc Robbins, Thomas Jefferson