The Upheaval (1916)

Overview

Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

Directed by

Charles Horan

Cast

• Lionel Barrymore as Jim Gordon
• Marguerite Skirvin as Joan Madison
• Franklyn Hanna as Jim Gordon, Sr.
• Edgar L. Davenport as Henry Madison
• John Smiley as Benjamin Waters
• Paul Lawrence as Sidney Benson
• James C. Malaidy as Alec (the delegate)
• Howard Truesdale as Myles McColl
• George Stevens as Jerome Hendricks
• Frank A. Lyons as Frank Wagner
• Myra Brooks as Liza Poke

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