The Hope Chest

Release Date: 1918-12-29

Overview: 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.

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Cast

Dorothy Gish

as Sheila Moore

George Fawcett

as Lew Moore

Richard Barthelmess

as Tom Ballantyne

Sam De Grasse

as Ballantyne, Sr.

Kate Toncray

as Mrs. Ballantyne