''The Hope Chest'' is an American silent comedy-drama film released in 1918, starring

Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898June 4, 1968) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great s ...

. The film was directed by

Elmer Clifton Elmer Clifton (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and '' Intolerance'' (1916) before givi ...

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

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

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, where it played simultaneously in two theaters in August, 1919. The film played at the Strand Theatre in

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in early September, 1919.Amusements, Etc.
'' The Star''. Issue 12738. 6 September 1919. p 1. Retrieved 15 January 2016

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