The Fighting Hope

The Fighting Hope
Scene from the film
Directed byGeorge Melford
Written byMargaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based on
The Fighting Hope (play)
by William J. Hurlbut
Produced byJesse Lasky
StarringLaura Hope Crews
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 19, 1915 (1915-07-19)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent 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. Jesse Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures released. Based on a 1908 play by William J. Hurlbut that was produced by David Belasco.

Incomplete surviving film at BFI Institute (London).

Cast

Plot

A man has been convicted of fraud, but his wife believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it.

References

  1. ↑ Pauline Bartel (June 9, 2014). The Complete Gone With the Wind Trivia Book: The Movie and More. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-58979-821-2.
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Fighting Hope Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ The Fighting Hope at silentera.com
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog : The Fighting Hope
  5. ↑ Roy Liebman (January 31, 2017). Broadway Actors in Films, 1894_ÑÐ2015. McFarland. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2615-4.
  6. ↑ To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette. Amer. Company, Limited. 1915. pp. 33, 73.