The Uphill Path is a 1918 silent film drama directed by James Kirkwood and starring Catherine Calvert.[1]

The Uphill Path
Directed byJames Kirkwood
Written byBennett Musson
Based onstory by Paul Armstrong
Produced byFrank A. Keeney
StarringCatherine Calvert
Edited byBennett Musson
Distributed byStates Rights
Release date
  • June 1918 (1918-06)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguagesSilent, English titles

The film was shot at the old Biograph Studios. The working title for this film was The Girl with a Past.[citation needed]

The creator of the story, Paul Armstrong, had been married to Catherine Calvert. Armstrong died in 1915.

Plot

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Cast

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  • Catherine Calvert as Ruth Travers
  • Guy Coombs as Daniel Clarkson
  • Dudley Ayers as Chadwick Blake
  • Frank Beamish as Howard Mason
  • Charles Craig as Gilbert Hilton
  • Russell Simpson as James Lawton
  • Dorothy Dunn as Cecily Lawton
  • Winona Bridges as Mrs. Clarkson
  • Gene Lenot as Mrs. Blake

Preservation status

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References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ..The Uphill Path
  2. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ..The Uphill Path
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 199 c. 1978 by the American Film Institute
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