The Hope Chest is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film 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.Progressive Silent Film List: The Hope Chest at silentera.com
Plot Sheila Moore 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 and marries him, incurring the wrath of Tom's parents.
Cast
Production The Hope Chest was shot in Los Angeles, with production wrapping in late-September, 1918.News of the Movies The Star. Issue 12483. 23 November 1918. p 3. Retrieved 15 January 2016
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.Pictures and Music!. The Evening Post. Volume XCVIII. Issue 33. 8 August 1919. p 2. Retrieved 16 January 2016 The film played at the Strand Theatre in Christchurch in early September, 1919.Amusements, Etc. The Star. Issue 12738. 6 September 1919. p 1. Retrieved 15 January 2016
References
External links
The Hope Chest at the Silent Film Still Archive