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.

Cast (7)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Dorothy Gish

Sheila Moore

George Fawcett

Lew Moore

Richard Barthelmess

Tom Ballantyne

Sam De Grasse

Ballantyne, Sr.

Kate Toncray

Mrs. Ballantyne

Carol Dempster

Ethel Hoyt

Bertram Grassby

Stoughton Lounsbury

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