The Hope Chest

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.

The Hope Chest
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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
Release date	December 29, 1919 (1919-12-29)
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.

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. The film played at the Strand Theatre in Christchurch in early September, 1919.

External links

• The Hope Chest at IMDb
• The Hope Chest at the TCM Movie Database
• The Hope Chest at the Silent Film Still Archive