The Hope Chest

The Hope Chest

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 29, 1918

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.

The Hope Chest

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 29, 1918

The Hope Chest
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.
Producers New Art Film Company
Original title The Hope Chest
Directors Elmer Clifton
Writers Mark Lee Luther, M.M. Stearns

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