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The Hope Chest (1918)

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

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.

Release: 1918-12-29
Runtime: 50 min
Cast
Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish
Sheila Moore
George Fawcett
George Fawcett
Lew Moore
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
Tom Ballantyne
Sam De Grasse
Sam De Grasse
Ballantyne, Sr.
Kate Toncray
Kate Toncray
Mrs. Ballantyne
Carol Dempster
Carol Dempster
Ethel Hoyt
Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby
Stoughton Lounsbury