The Hope Chest (1918)
50m
Running Time
December 29, 1918Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Elmer Clifton
Director

Mark Lee Luther
Novel

M.M. Stearns
Scenario Writer

Lee Garmes
Cinematographer

John W. Leezer
Cinematographer
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1918
StatusReleased
Running Time50m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
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.