The Upheaval

The Upheaval

Drama | Aug. 28, 1916

Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

The Upheaval

Drama | Aug. 28, 1916

The Upheaval
Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.
Producers Rolfe Photoplays
Original title The Upheaval
Directors Charles Horan
Writers Lawrence McCloskey

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

as Jim Gordon

Marguerite Skirvin

as Joan Madison

Franklyn Hanna

as Jim Gordon, Sr.

Edgar L. Davenport

as Henry Madison

John Smiley

as Benjamin Waters

Paul Lawrence

as Sidney Benson

James C. Malaidy

as Alec (the delegate)

Howard Truesdale

as Myles McColl

George Stevens

as Jerome Hendricks

Frank A. Lyons

as Frank Wagner

Myra Brooks

as Liza Poke