The Climbers (1919 film)

{{short description|1919 film by Tom Terriss}}

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{{infobox film

| name = The Climbers

| image = The Climbers - and - The Head Waiter - 1919 newspaperad.jpg

| caption = Contemporary newspaper advertisement with The Climbers as a double feature with The Head Waiter (1919)

| director = Tom Terriss

| producer = Vitagraph Company of America

| writer = Lucien Hubbard (scenario)

| based_on = {{based on|The Climbers|Clyde Fitch}}

| starring = Corinne Griffith

| cinematography = Tom Malloy

| editing = George Randolph Chester

| distributor = Vitagraph Company of America

| released = {{film date|1919|11|8}}

| runtime = 5 reels; 4,644 feet

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Climbers is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on Clyde Fitch's 1901 Broadway play. This film was directed by Tom Terriss and stars Corinne Griffith.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Climbers1919.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Climbers] at silentera.com[http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=2622 Broadway versions of The Climbers, the original in 1901 and a revival in 1904; IBDB.com]

A previous version of Fitch's play had been made in 1915 as The Climbers with Gladys Hanson and a later version in 1927 again as The Climbers with Irene Rich.

A print is preserved in the Library of Congress.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1734/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Climbers]