The Stepping Stone is a 1916 American silent drama film, directed by Reginald Barker and Thomas H. Ince. It is a lost film.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Stepping StoneThe AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Stepping Stone(Wayback)
Plot Mary Beresford (Boland) is the wife of unambitious law clerk Al Beresford (McKim). Thanks to Mary's tenacity and carefully calculated social-climbing, Al is promoted to the position of personal secretary of prominent financier Elihu Knowland (Keenan). Unfortunately, success goes to Al's head like a narcotic, and soon he has alienated everyone in New York, including Mary, who runs off for parts unknown.
Cast Frank Keenan as Elihu Knowland Mary Boland as Mary Beresford Robert McKim as Al Beresford Margaret Thompson as Flora Alden Joseph J. Dowling as W. B. Prescott J. Barney Sherry as Horatio Wells
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