The Hope Chest

Name: The Hope Chest
Director: Elmer Clifton
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1918-12-29
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Dorothy Gish, George Fawcett, Richard Barthelmess, Sam De Grasse, Kate Toncray

“The story of a poor girl who married the son of a millionaire and made a man of him.”

1918

50m

Comedy Drama

Director: Elmer Clifton

Overview

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.