The Climbers (1915 film)

The Climbers is a lost 1915 silent film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Gladys Hanson.[1] This film is the first filming of Clyde Fitch's 1901 play of the same name.[2][3][4] Later versions of Fitch's play were made in 1919 as The Climbers with Corinne Griffith and in 1927 also as The Climbers with Irene Rich.

The Climbers
Contemporary advertisement for the film and an opening juggling act
Directed byBarry O'Neill
Produced bySigmund Lubin
Written byClay M. Greene (scenario)
Based onThe Climbers
by Clyde Fitch
StarringGladys Hanson
CinematographyFred Chaston
Distributed byV-L-S-E, Incorporated
Release date
  • August 2, 1915 (1915-08-02)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent

Plot

In order to keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle they are accustomed to, wealthy George Hunter makes some large investments in the stock market, but the stocks crash and he loses a great deal of money. His wealthy aunt offers to bail the family out, but complications ensue.

Cast
  • Gladys Hanson - Blanche Sterling
  • Walter Hitchcock - Dick Sterling
  • Dorothy DeWolfe - Richard Sterling Jr
  • Charles Brandt - John Hunter
  • George Soule Spencer - Ned Warden
  • Eleanor Barry - Mrs. Hunter
  • Ruth Bryan - Clara Hunter
  • Frankie Mann - Jessie Hunter
  • Edith Ritchie - Ruth Hunter
  • Clarence Elmer - Mr. Trotter (*Clarence Jay Elmer)
  • John Smiley - Dr. Steinhart
  • Peter Lang - Mr. Mason
  • Alan Quinn - Mr. Godesby
  • Ferdinand Tidmarsh - Mr. Walton
  • Walter Law - Mr. Ryder

References
  1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Climbers
  2. The Climbers at silentera.com database
  3. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Climbers


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