The Uphill Path

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

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

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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

Cast

Preservation status

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References

  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