The Fighting Hope
| The Fighting Hope | |
|---|---|
 Scene from the film | |
| Directed by | George Melford |
| Written by | Margaret Turnbull (scenario) |
| Based on | The Fighting Hope (play) by William J. Hurlbut |
| Produced by | Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Laura Hope Crews |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | July 19, 1915 |
Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent film..(English intertitles) |
The Fighting Hope is a 1915 silent film drama directed by George Melford and starring Thomas Meighan and Laura Hope Crews, both in their film debuts.[1] Jesse Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures released.[2][3] Based on a 1908 play by William J. Hurlbut that was produced by David Belasco.
Incomplete surviving film at BFI Institute (London).[4]
Cast[edit]
- George Gebhardt - Robert Granger
- Laura Hope Crews - Anna Granger[5]
- Gerald Ward - Robert Harold Granger
- Thomas Meighan - Burton Temple
- Richard Morris - Craven
- Florence Smythe - Miss Gorham
- Theodore Roberts - Cornelius Brady
- Cleo Ridgely - Rose Fanchom
- Tom Forman - Detective Clark
- William Elmer - Detective Fletcher
Plot[edit]
A man has been convicted of fraud, but his wife believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Pauline Bartel (9 June 2014). The Complete Gone With the Wind Trivia Book: The Movie and More. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-58979-821-2.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Fighting Hope
- ^ The Fighting Hope at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog : The Fighting Hope
- ^ Roy Liebman (31 January 2017). Broadway Actors in Films, 1894_ÑÐ2015. McFarland. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2615-4.
- ^ To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette. Amer. Company, Limited. 1915. pp. 33, 73.