The Fighting Hope

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The Fighting Hope
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Scene from the film
Directed by George Melford
Written by Margaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based onThe 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
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. [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.

Contents

Incomplete surviving film at BFI Institute (London). [4]

Cast

Plot

A man has been convicted of fraud, but his wife believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it. [6]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Fighting Hope
  3. The Fighting Hope at silentera.com
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog : The Fighting Hope
  5. Roy Liebman (31 January 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.