The Golden Chance

The Golden Chance
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Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Written by	Cecil B. DeMille Jeanie Macpherson
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Cleo Ridgely
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Cecil B. DeMille
Production company	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 30, 1915 (1915-12-30)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$18,711
Box office	$83,504

The Golden Chance

The Golden Chance is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Art direction for the film was done by Wilfred Buckland. ^{[1] [2]} DeMille remade the film in 1921 as Forbidden Fruit .

Cast

• Cleo Ridgely as Mary Denby
• Wallace Reid as Roger Manning
• Horace B. Carpenter as Steve Denby
• Ernest Joy as Mr. Hillary
• Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Hillary
• Raymond Hatton as Jimmy The Rat
• Lucien Littlefield as Roger Manning's Valet - Introductory Sequence (uncredited)

Preservation and Availability

A complete 16 mm print of The Golden Chance is held by the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. ^[3]

In 2005, the film was released on DVD with Don't Change Your Husband by Image Entertainment. ^[4]

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Golden Chance". silentera.com. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
2. "The Golden Chance". afi.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
3. "The Golden Chance". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
4. "Silent Era Films on Home Video: The Golden Chance (1916)". silentera.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

External links

• Media related to The Golden Chance at Wikimedia Commons
• The full text of The Golden Chance at Wikisource
• The Golden Chance at IMDb