Peter Stalton, retiring as a bank cashier, is anxious that his nephew Richard Twing should succeed him. The directors, however, appoint Arthur Barnes, engaged to Helen Wilbur, the president's daughter.
The Ladder Jinx (1925) arrives like a mischievous wink from the vaults of silent cinema, a breezy 60-minute parable that suspends rational gravity the instant Arthur Barnes steps beneath that fateful ladder. What follows is less a plot than a domino-topple of coincidences, stitched together by flappers, fedoras, and t...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jess Robbins
Lloyd Ingraham
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" The Ladder Jinx (1925) arrives like a mischievous wink from the vaults of silent cinema, a breezy 60-minute parable that suspends rational gravity the instant Arthur Barnes steps beneath that fateful ladder. What follows is less a plot than a domino-topple of coincidences, stitched together by flappers, fedoras, and the flicker of nitrate whimsy. Director David Kirkland, trading custard-pie chaos for urbane anxiety, frames superstition as both punchline and social currency. The film’s Manhatta..."
Edgar Franklin, David Kirkland
United States
