The Uphill Path Explained

The Uphill Path
Director:	James Kirkwood
Producer:	Frank A. Keeney
Based On:	story by Paul Armstrong
Starring:	Catherine Calvert
Editing:	Bennett Musson
Distributor:	States Rights
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent, English titles

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

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

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

Cast

• 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

• A print is preserved in the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation collection.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• The Uphill Path at IMDb.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=15238 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ..The Uphill Path
2. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2309/default.html 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