The Uphill Path

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

The Uphill Path
Directed by	James Kirkwood
Written by	Bennett Musson
Based on	story by Paul Armstrong
Produced by	Frank A. Keeney
Starring	Catherine Calvert
Edited by	Bennett Musson
Distributed by	States Rights
Release date	June 1918 (1918-06)
Running time	5 reels
Country	USA
Languages	Silent, English titles

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

• 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]