The Money Changers
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1920 film by Jack Conway
| The Money Changers | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.
Plot
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Cast
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]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.
References
[edit ]- ^ Parish & Pitts p. 76
- ^ Campbell, Russell (1997). "Prostitution and Film Censorship in the USA" . Screening the Past (2): C/4. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
Bibliography
[edit ]- James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. Film Directors: a Guide to their American Films. Scarecrow Press, 1974. ISBN 0-8108-0752-1
External links
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Categories:
- 1920 films
- 1920 drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American drama films
- Films based on works by Upton Sinclair
- Films directed by Jack Conway
- American black-and-white films
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1920s American films
- English-language drama films
- Silent drama film stubs