{"title":"The Lion and the Mouse","originalTitle":"The Lion and the Mouse","src":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BNWE4MTYwYjktN2MwMS00MjBmLTgwYzctODM5NjEyMTg0ZTYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR8,0,190,281_.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BNWE4MTYwYjktN2MwMS00MjBmLTgwYzctODM5NjEyMTg0ZTYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR8,0,190,281_.jpg 190w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BNWE4MTYwYjktN2MwMS00MjBmLTgwYzctODM5NjEyMTg0ZTYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_QL75_UY422_CR11,0,285,422_.jpg 285w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BNWE4MTYwYjktN2MwMS00MjBmLTgwYzctODM5NjEyMTg0ZTYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_QL75_UY562_CR15,0,380,562_.jpg 380w","rate":null,"numVotes":null,"year":1919,"runtime":60,"isAdult":null,"type":null,"actors":[{"id":"6092436","name":"Alice Joyce","const":"nm0431484"},{"id":"6092437","name":"Conrad Nagel","const":"nm0619261"},{"id":"6092438","name":"Anders Randolf","const":"nm0709856"},{"id":"6092439","name":"Henry Hallam","const":"nm0356267"},{"id":"6092440","name":"William T. Carleton","const":"nm0137416"},{"id":"6092441","name":"Mona Kingsley","const":"nm0455540"},{"id":"6092442","name":"Jane Jennings","const":"nm0421172"},{"id":"6092443","name":"W.H. Burton","const":"nm0123763"},{"id":"6092444","name":"Templar Saxe","const":"nm0768283"},{"id":"6092445","name":"Mary Carr","const":"nm0139794"}],"directors":[{"id":"134487","name":"Tom Terriss","const":"nm0855912"}],"writers":[{"id":"70455","name":"Charles Klein","const":"nm0458692"},{"id":"82352","name":"Edward J. Montagne","const":"nm0002771"}],"countries":[{"id":"1","name":"United States","short":"us"}],"languages":[{"id":"10","name":"None","short":"zxx"}],"genres":[{"id":"2","title":"Drama"}],"metacritic":null,"releaseDate":"1919\/2\/24","plot":"John Burkett Ryder, \u0022the richest man in the world,\u0022 determines to discredit a judicial decision which works against the interest of his millions by discrediting its author, Judge Rossmore, and causes impeachment charges to be laid against him in Congress. The judge\u0027s daughter Shirley Rossmore, learns of his trouble and returns home from Paris, where she has won success as a writer. She is loved by Jefferson Ryder, son of the magnate who is slowly killing her father. Determined to force the millionaire\u0027s hand, she publishes \u0022The American Octopus\u0022 under a pseudonym, using Burkett\u0027s character as the central figure. He is attracted by the book and brings Shirley, whom he knows as Sarah Green, to his home to write his biography. This is the opportunity she is seeking, as it gives her a chance to obtain the two letters which will clear her father\u0027s name. Jefferson Ryder helps her secure the desired papers, but his father catches him and denounces him as a thief. Shirley, who loves Jefferson, cannot stand to see him so branded and confesses her identity to his father. The \u0022Lion\u0022 had long since been won by the charm of the \u0022Mouse,\u0022 and the story is cleared up in pleasing style. - Moving Picture World 1919.","wins":0,"nominations":0,"casts":[{"name":"Alice Joyce","code":"nm0431484","characters":"Shirley Rossmore"},{"name":"Conrad Nagel","code":"nm0619261","characters":"Jefferson Ryder"},{"name":"Anders Randolf","code":"nm0709856","characters":"John Burkett Ryder"},{"name":"Henry Hallam","code":"nm0356267","characters":"Judge Rossmore"},{"name":"William T. Carleton","code":"nm0137416","characters":"Sen. Roberts"},{"name":"Mona Kingsley","code":"nm0455540","characters":"Kate Roberts"},{"name":"Jane Jennings","code":"nm0421172","characters":"Mrs. Ryder"},{"name":"W.H. Burton","code":"nm0123763","characters":"Judge Scott"},{"name":"Templar Saxe","code":"nm0768283","characters":"Fitzroy Bagley"},{"name":"Mary Carr","code":"nm0139794","characters":"Eudoxia"}],"budget":null,"lifetimeGross":null,"openingWeekendGross":null,"worldwideGross":null,"keywords":[{"text":"based on play"},{"text":"impeachment"},{"text":"blackmail"},{"text":"frame up"}],"production":[{"id":"co0026198","text":"Vitagraph Company of America"}],"prestigiousAwardSummary":null,"moreLikeThisTitles":[]}