The Money Changers

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	October 31, 1920 (1920-10-31)
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

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.

References

1. Parish & Pitts p. 76
2. Campbell, Russell (1997). "Prostitution and Film Censorship in the USA". Screening the Past (2): C/4. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

Bibliography

• James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. Film Directors: a Guide to their American Films. Scarecrow Press, 1974. ISBN 0-8108-0752-1

External links

• The Money Changers at IMDb