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The Uphill Path (1918)

The Uphill Path poster
Directed by
James Kirkwood
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman tries to move beyond her troubled history. She faces social judgment and must find her own path forward.

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What happens

The Uphill Path is a 1918 silent film drama directed by James Kirkwood and starring Catherine Calvert. The film was shot at the old Biograph Studios. The working title for this film was The Girl with a Past. The creator of the story, Paul Armstrong, had been married to Catherine Calvert. Armstrong died in 1915. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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