The Climbers (1919 film)

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The Climbers
The Climbers - and - The Head Waiter - 1919 newspaperad.jpg
Contemporary newspaper advertisement with The Climbers as a double feature with The Head Waiter (1919)
Directed by Tom Terriss
Written by Lucien Hubbard (scenario)
Based on The Climbers
by Clyde Fitch
Produced by Vitagraph Company of America
Starring Corinne Griffith
CinematographyTom Malloy
Edited by George Randolph Chester
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • November 8, 1919 (1919-11-08)
Running time
5 reels; 4,644 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Climbers is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on Clyde Fitch's 1901 Broadway play. This film was directed by Tom Terriss and stars Corinne Griffith. [1] [2]

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A previous version of Fitch's play had been made in 1915 as The Climbers with Gladys Hanson and a later version in 1927 again as The Climbers with Irene Rich.

A print is preserved in the Library of Congress. [3]

Plot

In order to keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle they are accustomed to, wealthy George Hunter makes some large investments in the stock market, but the stocks crash, and he loses a great deal of money. His wealthy aunt offers to bail the family out, but complications ensue.

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