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The Traction Grab (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Traction Grab (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

The first attempt of the Trust to have Larnigan killed having failed, they plan to ruin him politically and financially, then remove him entirely. Stone, the head of the Trust, gives his orders to Black, over the private wire. Black does ...See moreThe first attempt of the Trust to have Larnigan killed having failed, they plan to ruin him politically and financially, then remove him entirely. Stone, the head of the Trust, gives his orders to Black, over the private wire. Black does not know from whom he receives his instructions. Stone has a dictagraph arranged in Black's office to enable him to hear the conversations that take place. Tools of the Trust are called in Black's office to receive instructions. Larnigan is approached by the heads of his party, who promise him political rewards if he will line up on the side of the trusts, threatening him in case he should refuse. He defies them all, and later holds a mass meeting of the workers. He finds them ready to back him up in his fight. Black persuades Larnigan's chauffeur to drive Bruce to a certain spot in Central Park on his way home. Gunmen will be stationed there to put Bruce out of the way. Stone is listening to the conversation between Black and the chauffeur when Dorothy and Bruce call. Bruce and Stone step out into the outer office where Bruce tells him in confidence of his intention to attack the Traction Grab and asks his help should it be needed. Stone promises. Meanwhile, Dorothy, left alone in Stone's office, picks up the receiver of the Dictaphone and overhears the plot with the chauffeur. She leaves the building with Bruce and insists upon his riding in her car. She has her own reason for not telling him of the conversation she overheard. Bruce is driven to the home of Jim Stevens, a newspaper reporter, who has planned to help Bruce in his fight. They have arranged to work for the Traction Company the following day in order to secure evidence against it. Larnigan's chauffeur has rushed back in Black's office and told him of Bruce having driven off with Dorothy. Stone, listening, phones to Black to get the gunmen and place them near the Larnigan home. Black and the chauffeur start for the park. As Black steps out he is shot by the gunmen. Discovering their mistake, they place the wounded man in their car and hustle him off to the hospital. Bruce arrives home to find his mother in tears; she has received notice of the foreclosure of the mortgage on their home. Dorothy overhears this remark and determines secretly to have the place. She gets her father to advance her a sum of money for a business venture. She tells him that she will take over the mortgage on the Larnigan home. Her father is astonished and angry, but does not show it. He had gone to considerable trouble to bring about the foreclosure. Boyd Penrose and his daughter, Mabel, call on Dorothy. Penrose is the head of the Traction Company. He intends to inspect the new subway under construction and invites the girls to accompany him and they accept. Bruce and Stevens begin work with the construction gang on the subway. They get evidence that the inspector of materials is being bribed to pass inferior cement. Stevens rushes off to his paper with the article. Stone is with the editor when Stevens rushes in. The paper is controlled by the trusts and the editor has just completed an article, at the dictation of Stone, regarding the possible recall of Larnigan. Stevens shows his article and it is promptly torn up and Stevens discharged. He goes to a rival paper, The Independent, which accepts it. Stone heard Stevens tell about Bruce being at the subway getting evidence for the grand jury, so he goes there and finds Penrose. The latter arranges with Kelly, a tool of the trust, and foreman of the works, to send Bruce into the tunnel where they have prepared a blast. Bruce is given a dynamite cartridge to take to the spot, uncoiling the attached wire as he goes. Dorothy sees Kelly attach the other end to the explosion plunger, and, suspecting the motive, rushes after Bruce. Penrose tells Kelly to explode the cartridge in two minutes, which will give time for Penrose to reach the street. Dorothy reaches Bruce and tells him of her fears; he drops the cartridge and together they rush back to the opening. The cartridge is exploded and the defective cement in the construction causes the street to cave in. Penrose is killed. Bruce and Dorothy escape. The Independent appears on the street with the expose of the Traction Grab, together with the news that the grand jury had returned indictments against the heads of the Traffic Trust. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Hobart Henley Bruce Larnigan Bruce Larnigan See fewer	Society Snobs (1921)
Jane Novak Dorothy Maxwell Dorothy Maxwell See fewer	Colleen of the Pines (1922)
L.M. Wells Roger Maxwell Roger Maxwell See fewer	Graft (1915)
Nanine Wright Mrs. Larnigan Mrs. Larnigan See fewer	The Flirt (I) (1916)
Glen White Stanford Stone Stanford Stone See fewer	Camille (1917)
William T. Horne Boyd Penrose (as W. Horne) Boyd Penrose (as W. Horne) See fewer	Western Firebrands (1921)
Mary Ruby Mary Penrose Mary Penrose See fewer	Drugged Waters (1916)
Jack Abbott Jim Stevens (as J.F. Abbott) Jim Stevens (as J.F. Abbott) See fewer	Graft (1915)