The Hope


60m 1920

Brief Synopsis

A cad ruins a young girl and tries to blame it on a romantic rival.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Silent
Release Date
Sep 7, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on a play by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (London, 1911).

Technical Specs

Duration
60m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

Synopsis

Michael Dudley, an English moneylender known as Michael Waltburn, is anxious that his daughter Olive be received in society and so arranges with one of his clients, the Duchess of Remington, to sponsor the girl in return for cancelling her debt. Olive meets Captain Hector Grant, who is in love with Lady Brenda Carylon but nevertheless courts the moneylender's daughter for her money. Upon inheriting his baronetcy, Grant jilts Olive and then convinces Lady Brenda that her fiancé, the Earl of Ingestre, is Olive's betrayer. Olive, now pregnant, runs away to Italy, sending a letter to her father begging for his forgiveness. Lady Brenda, the earl, Waltburn and Grant rush to Olive in order to clarify the situation, arriving in the midst of an earthquake in which Grant is killed. After Olive absolves the earl of guilt, Lady Brenda forgives him, and Olive returns home with her father.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Silent
Release Date
Sep 7, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on a play by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (London, 1911).

Technical Specs

Duration
60m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

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