Charles Norman Hammond
John Meeson
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The Grasp of Greed: Directed by Joseph De Grasse. With C. Norman Hammond, Jay Belasco, Louise Lovely, Gretchen Lederer. A young author is so overjoyed at selling her first book that she unknowingly signs over all her rights to the greedy publisher.
- Joseph De Grasse
- 1916-06-17
- Drama, Romance
- 50
The Grasp of Greed is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Ida May Park, and starring Lon Chaney and Louise Lovely. The screenplay was adapted from an 1888 H. Rider Haggard story called "Mr. Meeson's Will".
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Brief Synopsis. A young author is so overjoyed at selling her first book that she unknowingly signs over all her rights to the greedy publisher. Later, after the book becomes a best-seller, the publisher's nephew (who has fallen in love with her) tries to help her get her rights back.
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En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.
SYNOPSIS: John Meeson is a skinflint publisher who has acquired the copyright to a book by Alice Gordon for a small sum, which she is forced to accept because she desperately needs money to care for her invalid sister. When the book becomes a best-seller, Alice tries to get more money from Meeson.
