The Hope Chest (1918)

The Hope Chest

1918

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Elmer Clifton

Cast

Bertram Grassby as Stoughton Lounsbury

Carol Dempster as Ethel Hoyt

Dorothy Gish as Sheila Moore

George Fawcett as Lew Moore

Kate Toncray as Mrs. Ballantyne

Richard Barthelmess as Tom Ballantyne

Sam De Grasse as Ballantyne, Sr.

Crew