The Hope Chest

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
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures / Artcraft
Release dates	December 29, 1919 (1919-12-29)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Hope Chest is an American silent 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. Its survival status is classified as unknown,^[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.

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 - 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

References

External links

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