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The Climber (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Climber' is a 1917 silent film drama film directed by Henry King and starring himself. The film is listed as a four-reeler, which makes it fall somewhere between a 'short' film and a 'feature' film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Climber1917.html 'The Climber' at silentera.com][http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14514 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'The Climber']
Cast
*Henry King - William Beerheiim Van Broon
*Jack McLaughlin - Bruce Crosby
*Gibson Gowland - Buck Stringer (*billed T.H. Gibson Gowland)
*Robert Ensminger - Grafton
*Charles Blaisdell - Tom Tarney
*James Kerr - Sweeney
*Bruce Smith - Slats O'Keefe
*Frank Erlanger - 'Happy'
*Lucille Pietz - Eva Crosby
*Leah Gibbs - Ethel Crosby
*Arma Carlton - Madelyn Rosseau
*Mollie McConnell - Mrs. Crosby
*Ruth Lackaye - Mrs. Tarney
Preservation
The film survives incomplete in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' (<-book title) p.32 c.1978 by The American Film Institute[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1733/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The Climber']
References
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