The Fighting Hope

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.

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 (1915-07-19)
Running time	5 reels
Country	USA
Language	Silent film..(English intertitles)

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

Cast

• 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

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