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The Uphill Path

Oct 1, 1918

0h 50m

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Overview

Ruth Travers, the young niece and ward of Howard Mason, elopes with Chadwick Blake to escape the advances of Gilbert Hilton, whom her uncle wants to force upon her to cover his embezzlement of Ruth's small fortune. She discovers too late that Blake already has a wife but makes the best of the situation until Mason's death, just after he has made a lucky gambling coup, leaves her a little money. Determined to escape, she goes to a small town where minister Daniel Clarkson becomes interested in her. Because James Lawton had sought marriage between Clarkson and his daughter, when Blake turns up, and Lawton learns the story, he denounces Ruth to the minister. When Clarkson learns the truth, he forgives Ruth and, knowing that he will lose his position, he enlists, promising to return and marry her when the war is over.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Frank A. Keeney Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Ruth Travers

Catherine Calvert

Daniel Clarkson

Guy Coombs

James Lawton

Russell Simpson

Chadwick Blake

Dudley Ayers

Howard Mason

Frank Beamish

Gilbert Hilton

Charles Craig

Cecily Lawton

Dorothy Dunn

Mrs. Clarkson

Winona Bridges

Mrs. Blake

Gene Lenot

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