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The Food Gamblers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Albert Parker with Wilfred Lucas

The Food Gamblers (1917)

The Food Gamblers
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama

The Food Gamblers is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Al Parker and starring Wilfred Lucas, Russell Simpson, and Elda Millar. The production was supervised by Allan Dwan. The plot involves the manipulation of the prices of food and other goods, similar to the inflation experienced at the time of the American entry into World War I.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, June Justice (Hopper), a reporter on the Globe, is given an assignment to expose the food gamblers and find out who is responsible for the high price for food. She meets Henry Havens, president of the food gamblers' trust, and one of the richest commissions men as well as the meanest. June and Henry find themselves falling in love, but because he will not make restitution for his grafting, June does all in her power to expose his methods. Henry is attacked by an employee that he had fired for stealing, and is thrown into a discarded ice box. He is left several days without food and for the first time appreciates what it means to be hungry. After he is released and regains his strength, he joins the fight against the manipulation of food prices and works for the passage of legislation which will provide for state distribution.

Actors

Wilfred Lucas

(Henry Havens)Hedda Hopper

(June Justice (credited as Elda Millar))Mac Barnes

(Police Inspector)Russell Simpson

(Samuel Sloane)Eduardo Ciannelli

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