Up the Ladder

{{short description|1925 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Up the Ladder | image = Up the Ladder (SAYRE 14178).jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Edward Sloman | producer = | screenplay = Tom McNamara Grant Carpenter | based_on = {{based on|''Up the Ladder''|Owen Davis}} | starring = Virginia Valli Forrest Stanley Margaret Livingston Holmes Herbert Lydia Yeamans Titus Priscilla Moran | music = | cinematography = Jackson Rose | editing = | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1925|5|3}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Up the Ladder''''' is a 1925 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman, written by Tom McNamara and Grant Carpenter, and starring Virginia Valli, Forrest Stanley, Margaret Livingston, Holmes Herbert, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Priscilla Moran. Based on the 1922 play ''Up the Ladder'' by Owen Davis, the film was released on May 3, 1925, by Universal Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504347/up-the-ladder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028230025/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504347/Up-the-Ladder/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |title=Up the Ladder (1925) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/up-the-ladder-v115295 |title=Up the Ladder (1925) - Edward H. Sloman |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=October 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/12981 |title=Up the Ladder |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=October 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot== Jane Cornwall, a young heiress who is in love with James Van Clinton, sells her estate to fund her boyfriend's research. James is able to fine-tune his invention, the Tele-vision-phone, which meets with great success so that he can marry Jane. But after five years, James begins to neglect both his wife and his job. His attention goes to Helen Newhall, his wife's best friend. Jane, aware of the report, decides not to intervene. The man is facing a new financial crisis and has to resort to Jane's money again. But his wife, at this time, takes over the company's fabrics and puts him in a subordinate position. James puts his head back: working hard, he returns to the company's head. And he reconciles with his wife.

==Cast== *Virginia Valli as Jane Cornwall *Forrest Stanley as James Van Clinton *Margaret Livingston as Helene Newhall *Holmes Herbert as Robert Newhall *Lydia Yeamans Titus as Hannah *Priscilla Moran as Peggy *William V. Mong as Richards *George Fawcett as Judge Seymour *Olive Ann Alcorn as Dancer

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0016478|Up the Ladder}}

Category:1925 films Category:1925 English-language films Category:American silent drama films Category:1925 drama films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Films directed by Edward Sloman Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1925 American films Category:English-language drama films