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The Ladder Jinx
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5068 feet
Directed by Jess Robbins

Cast: Edward Everett Horton [Arthur Barnes, a bank teller], Margaret Landis [Helen Wilbur, the bank president’s daughter], Wilbur Higby [James Wilbur, the bank president], Tully Marshall [Peter Stalton, a retiring cashier], Otis Harlan [Thams Gridley, Barnes’ uncle], Colin Kenny [Richard Twing, another bankteller], Tom McGuire [Judge Brown], Will R. Walling [Officer Murphy], Tom Murray [Detective Smith], Ernest Shields [Cheyenne Harry, a crook], Max Asher [Sam, the bank porter]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by David Kirkland, from a screen story by Edgar Franklin. Cinematography by Irving Ries. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 29 June 1922 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP18022]. Released 20 August 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 173 : Website-AFI.