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1919 American film

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)

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.

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.

References

Progressive Silent Film List: The Hope Chest at silentera.com
News of the Movies The Star. Issue 12483. 23 November 1918. p 3. Retrieved 15 January 2016
Pictures and Music!. The Evening Post. Volume XCVIII. Issue 33. 8 August 1919. p 2. Retrieved 16 January 2016
Amusements, Etc. The Star. Issue 12738. 6 September 1919. p 1. Retrieved 15 January 2016

External links

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

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Her Official Fathers (1917) The Flame of Youth (1917) High Speed (1917) The Midnight Man (1917) A Stormy Knight (1917) Flirting with Death (1917) The Man Trap (1917) The High Sign (1917) The Flash of Fate (1918) Brace Up (1918) The Two-Soul Woman (1918) The Guilt of Silence (1918) Smashing Through (1918) The Eagle (1918) Winner Takes All (1918) Battling Jane (1918) Kiss or Kill (1918) The Hope Chest (1918) Boots (1919) Peppy Polly (1919) I'll Get Him Yet (1919) Nugget Nell (1919) Nobody Home (1919) Turning the Tables (1919) Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920) Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) Six Cylinder Love (1923) The Warrens of Virginia (1924) Daughters of the Night (1924) Wives at Auction (1926) The Virgin Wife (1926) The Truth About Men (1926) The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927) Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928) Beautiful But Dumb (1928) Virgin Lips (1928) Tropical Nights (1928) The Bride of the Colorado (1928) The Devil's Apple Tree (1929) Maid to Order (1931) Pals of the Range (1935) Cyclone of the Saddle (1935) Fighting Caballero (1935) Captured in Chinatown (1935) Rough Riding Ranger (1935) Rip Roaring Riley (1935) Skull and Crown (1935) Custer's Last Stand (1936, serial) Wolves of the Sea (1936) Wildcat Trooper (1936) Gambling with Souls (1936) Ten Laps to Go (1936) Death in the Air (1937) Mile-a-Minute-Love (1937) Slaves in Bondage (1937) Assassin of Youth (1937) The Secret of Treasure Island (1938, serial) Paroled from the Big House (1938) The Stranger from Arizona (1938) Law of the Texan (1938) California Frontier (1938) Crashing Thru (1939) Isle of Destiny (1940) City of Missing Girls (1941) I'll Sell My Life (1941) Hard Guy (1941) Swamp Woman (1941) Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942) The Old Chisholm Trail (1942) The Sundown Kid (1942) The Blocked Trail (1943) Days of Old Cheyenne (1943) Frontier Law (1943) The Return of the Rangers (1943) Boss of Rawhide (1943) Captain America (1944, serial) Guns of the Law (1944) The Pinto Bandit (1944) Spook Town (1944) Seven Doors to Death (1944) Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) Youth Aflame (1944) Dead or Alive (1944) The Whispering Skull (1944) Marked for Murder (1945) Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946) The Judge (1949) Not Wanted (1949) Red Rock Outlaw (1949) The Silver Bandit (1950)

Films directed by Elmer Clifton

Her Official Fathers (1917)
The Flame of Youth (1917)
High Speed (1917)
The Midnight Man (1917)
A Stormy Knight (1917)
Flirting with Death (1917)
The Man Trap (1917)
The High Sign (1917)
The Flash of Fate (1918)
Brace Up (1918)
The Two-Soul Woman (1918)
The Guilt of Silence (1918)
Smashing Through (1918)
The Eagle (1918)
Winner Takes All (1918)
Battling Jane (1918)
Kiss or Kill (1918)
The Hope Chest (1918)
Boots (1919)
Peppy Polly (1919)
I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
Nugget Nell (1919)
Nobody Home (1919)
Turning the Tables (1919)
Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920)
Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
Six Cylinder Love (1923)
The Warrens of Virginia (1924)
Daughters of the Night (1924)
Wives at Auction (1926)
The Virgin Wife (1926)
The Truth About Men (1926)
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927)
Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
Beautiful But Dumb (1928)
Virgin Lips (1928)
Tropical Nights (1928)
The Bride of the Colorado (1928)
The Devil's Apple Tree (1929)
Maid to Order (1931)
Pals of the Range (1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
Fighting Caballero (1935)
Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Rough Riding Ranger (1935)
Rip Roaring Riley (1935)
Skull and Crown (1935)
Custer's Last Stand (1936, serial)
Wolves of the Sea (1936)
Wildcat Trooper (1936)
Gambling with Souls (1936)
Ten Laps to Go (1936)
Death in the Air (1937)
Mile-a-Minute-Love (1937)
Slaves in Bondage (1937)
Assassin of Youth (1937)
The Secret of Treasure Island (1938, serial)
Paroled from the Big House (1938)
The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
Law of the Texan (1938)
California Frontier (1938)
Crashing Thru (1939)
Isle of Destiny (1940)
City of Missing Girls (1941)
I'll Sell My Life (1941)
Hard Guy (1941)
Swamp Woman (1941)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
The Sundown Kid (1942)
The Blocked Trail (1943)
Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
Frontier Law (1943)
The Return of the Rangers (1943)
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
Captain America (1944, serial)
Guns of the Law (1944)
The Pinto Bandit (1944)
Spook Town (1944)
Seven Doors to Death (1944)
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
Youth Aflame (1944)
Dead or Alive (1944)
The Whispering Skull (1944)
Marked for Murder (1945)
Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)
The Judge (1949)
Not Wanted (1949)
Red Rock Outlaw (1949)
The Silver Bandit (1950)

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