The Hope Chest
1919 American film
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The Hope Chest is an American silent comedy-drama film released in 1918, starring Dorothy Gish. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton and based on a serialized story (and later novel) by Mark Lee Luther, originally published in Woman's Home Companion. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1]
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| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Written by | M.M. Stearns (scenario) |
| Based on | The Hope Chest by Mark Lee Luther |
| Starring | Dorothy Gish George Fawcett Richard Barthelmess Sam De Grasse |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes John W. Leezer |
Production company | New Art Film Company |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures / Artcraft |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
Sheila Moore (Gish) takes a job at a candy store to support her father, an out-of-work vaudevillian. She attracts the romantic attentions of the store owner's son Tom (Barthalmess) and marries him, incurring the wrath of Tom's parents.
Cast
- Dorothy Gish as Sheila Moore
- George Fawcett as Lew Moore
- Richard Barthelmess as Tom Ballantyne
- Sam De Grasse as Ballantyne, Sr.
- Kate Toncray as Mrs. Ballantyne
- Carol Dempster as Ethel Hoyt
- Bertram Grassby as Stoughton Lounsbury
Production
The Hope Chest was shot in Los Angeles, with production wrapping in late-September, 1918.[2]
Release
The first screenings of The Hope Chest in New Zealand appear to have been in Wellington, where it played simultaneously in two theaters in August, 1919.[3] The film played at the Strand Theatre in Christchurch in early September, 1919.[4]
