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Old King Coal

Old King Coal

A Gripping Episode of the Methods Used by the Coal Trust to Keep Up the Price of this Necessary Commodity.

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Stone assures Weisner, head of the Coal Trust, that Larnigan will never start for Pennsylvania. Weisner is skeptical and informs Stone that if he does go he may be killed, as a strike is in progress. Weisner, a little later in Maxwell's home repeats the statement of it being an easy matter to kill Tom should be come to the coal country. Dorothy Maxwell and Kitty Rockford overhear the conversation. They decide to go to the coal country and lend their aid to Tom. 8th chapter in the Graft serial.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

20 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 January 1916

Country

United States of America

Cast

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Tom Larnigan

Jane Novak

Jane Novak

Dorothy Maxwell

Glen White

Glen White

Stanford Stone

Mina Cunard

Mina Cunard

Kitty Rockford

Hector V. Sarno

Hector V. Sarno

Carl Weisner

Nanine Wright

Nanine Wright

Mrs. Larnigan

Mark Fenton

Mark Fenton

Roger Maxwell

E.P. Evers

E.P. Evers

Dunn

Jack Connolly

Jack Connolly

Ben Travers

Malcolm Blevins

Malcolm Blevins

Jack Stevens

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