The Clinging Vine

The Clinging Vine
Directed by	Paul Sloane
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille Paul Sloane
Written by	Jack Levne (adaptation) Rex Taylor (adaptation) John W. Krafft (intertitles)
Based on	The Clinging Vine  by Zelda Sears
Starring	Leatrice Joy
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production company	DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release dates	September 6, 1926
Running time	71 minutes; 7 reels (6,400 feet)
Country	USA
Language	Silent

The Clinging Vine is a 1926 silent film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and Paul Sloane and directed by Sloane. It was distributed by DeMille's Producers Distributing Corporation. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play by Zelda Sears. A starring vehicle for Leatrice Joy who left Paramount along with DeMille when he formed his own distributing company PDC.

This film is preserved at the Library of Congress and is available on the DVD.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Leatrice Joy - Antoinette 'A.B.' Allen
• Tom Moore - Jimmie Bancroft
• Robert Edeson - T.M. Bancroft
• Snitz Edwards - Dr. A. 'Tut' Tutweiler
• Toby Claude - Grandma Bancroft
• Dell Henderson - B. Harvey Doolittle

unbilled

• Wilson Benge - Grandma's Butler
• Isabelle Keith - House Guest
• Louis Natheaux - House Guest
• John Roche - House Guest

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
2. The Clinging Vine as produced on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre December 25 1922; IBDB.com
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress published by The American Film Institute,c.1978

External links

• The Clinging Vine at the Internet Movie Database
• The Clinging Vine at SilentEra
• The Clinging Vine synopsis at AllMovie