The Hope Chest (1918)
The story of a poor girl who married the son of a millionaire and made a man of him.
Daughter of impoverished vaudeville actor Lew Moore, Sheila works as a waitress in a chocolate manufacturer's candy shop, where she delights the customers with her tomboyish antics. Tom Ballantyne, the proprietor's son realizes that Sheila is excessively fond of dancing, asks her out without the benefit of a proper introduction, and she indignantly refuses. Soon afterwards, however, the two fall in love and secretly marry.
- Date of release
- 1918-12-29
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Elmer Clifton
Casting
- Dorothy Gish — Sheila Moore
- George Fawcett — Lew Moore
- Richard Barthelmess — Tom Ballantyne
- Sam De Grasse — Ballantyne, Sr.
- Kate Toncray — Mrs. Ballantyne
- Carol Dempster — Ethel Hoyt
- Bertram Grassby — Stoughton Lounsbury
Interesting facts
The Hope Chest is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Dorothy Gish. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton and based on a serialized story by Mark Lee Luther, originally published in Woman's Home Companion. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Production
The Hope Chest was shot in Los Angeles, with production wrapping in late-September, 1918.
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