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Up the Ladder
(1925) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels / 5922 feet
Directed by Edward Sloman

Cast: Virginia Valli [Jane Cornwall], Forrest Stanley [James Van Clinton], Margaret Livingston [Helen Newhall], George Fawcett [Judge Seymour], Holmes Herbert [Robert Newhall], Lydia Yeamans Titus [the housekeeper], Priscilla Moran [Peggy], William V. Mong; Olive Ann Alcorn [the dancer]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Tom McNamara, from an adaptation by Grant Carpenter of the play Up the Ladder by Owen Davis. Cinematography by Jackson J. Rose. / © 30 January 1925 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP21088]. Released [?] 25 January or 3 May? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Businessmen - Inheritances: Heiresses - Infidelity - Inventors - Marriage - Television

Listing updated: 30 October 2011.

References: Film credits, film viewing : FilmYearBook-1926 p. 59; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 50 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.