''The Fighting Hope'' is a 1915 silent film drama directed by George Melford and starring

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ...

and

Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 – November 12, 1942) was an American actress who is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s. Her best-known film role was Aunt Pittypat in ''Gone ...

, both in their film debuts.

Jesse Lasky Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer Film producer, motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Early life ...

produced and

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released. Based on a 1908 play by William J. Hurlbut that was produced by

David Belasco David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of m ...

. Incomplete surviving film at BFI Institute (London).

Cast

* George Gebhardt - Robert Granger *

- Anna Granger *Gerald Ward - Robert Harold Granger *

- Burton Temple * Richard Morris - Craven *

Florence Smythe Florence Smythe (April 19, 1878 – August 29, 1925) was a stage actress who was in silent motion pictures from 1915 to 1917. Career In 1909, Smythe acted with the Belasco Stock Company. She was in six movies, ''The Wild Goose Chase (1915 ...

- Miss Gorham * Theodore Roberts - Cornelius Brady * Cleo Ridgely - Rose Fanchom * Tom Forman - Detective Clark * William Elmer - Detective Fletcher

Plot

A man has been convicted of fraud, but his wife believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it.

References

External links

The Fighting Hope @ IMDb.com
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''The Fighting Hope'' as produced on Broadway, Stuyvesant Theater, September 22 1908; IBDb.com
1915 films American silent feature films Films directed by George Melford Paramount Pictures films American films based on plays 1915 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub