The Money Changers
1920 film by Jack Conway
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The Money Changers is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams, and Roy Stewart.[1] It is based on a 1908 novel by Upton Sinclair.
Directed byJack Conway
Written byWilliam Clifford
Benjamin B. Hampton
Benjamin B. Hampton
Based onThe Money Changers
by Upton Sinclair
by Upton Sinclair
Produced byBenjamin B. Hampton
| The Money Changers | |
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by | William Clifford Benjamin B. Hampton |
| Based on | The Money Changers by Upton Sinclair |
| Produced by | Benjamin B. Hampton |
| Starring | Robert McKim Claire Adams Roy Stewart |
| Cinematography | Enrique Juan Vallejo |
Production company | Benjamin B. Hampton Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
Cast
- Robert McKim as Hugh Gordon
- Claire Adams as Lucy Hegan
- Roy Stewart as Allan Martin
- Audrey Chapman as Mary Holmes
- George Webb as Monk Mullen
- Betty Brice as Maggie O'Brien
- Edward Peil Sr. as Ling Choo Fong
- Harvey Clark as Chow Chin
- Harry Tenbrook as Chink Murphy
- Stanton Heck as George Conley
- Zack Williams as Wesley Shiloh Mainwaring
- George Hernandez as James Hegan
- Gertrude Claire as Mrs. Mullen
- Laddie Earle as Jimmy Mullen
Reception
The film industry created the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry (NAMPI) in 1916 in an effort to preempt censorship by states and municipalities, and it used a list of subjects called the "Thirteen Points" which film plots were to avoid. The Money Changers, with its white slavery plot line, is an example of a film that clearly violated the Thirteen Points and yet was still distributed.[2] Since the NAMPI was ineffective, it was replaced in 1922.
