The Jungle
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Augustus Thomas
George Nash
Gail Kane
Julia Hurley
Robert Cummings
Alice Marc
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In a prologue, author Upton Sinclair describes his methods of researching The Jungle . A panoramic view of the Chicago stockyards is also shown. In the main story, Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus arrives in Packingtown and through the efforts of his friend Jokubas, secures a job in the stockyards. Soon Jurgis is able to marry Ona, thus saddening Marija, an immigrant girl who loves him. At Jokubas' urging, Jurgis buys a house and is plunged into debt. Meanwhile, stockyard owner John Durham, outraged by the extravagances of his wife and worthless son Freddy, orders a large wage reduction for his workers. During a strike, Ona's stepfather, Antanas, becomes ill, the family is evicted, her sister Katrina dies of industrial poisoning, and Marija is drugged and raped by Durham's Freddy. Ona then has sex with foreman Connor in exchange for money to feed her starving child, only to learn of the infant's death. When Ona tells Jurgis, he throws Connor into a cattle pen where the foreman is killed. Ona later dies and Jurgis is imprisoned. Upon his release, Jurgis, unable to find the rest of his family attends a Socialist Party rally, where he is inspired to champion their cause. When he saves a woman from drowning herself, he finds that she is Marija, now a prostitute. Together they then work for the establishment of a "cooperative commonwealth."
Cast
George Nash
Gail Kane
Julia Hurley
Robert Cummings
Alice Marc
Robert Payton Gibbs
Clarence Handyside
Ernest Evers
George Henry Irving
Harold Vermilye
Maxine Hodges
May Mccabe
Nickelas Sinnerella
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Although Moving Picture World lists a W. Vermilyea in the cast, Harold Vermilye includes this title in his 1918 MPSD credits.
