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    The Golden Chance

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    The Golden Chance
    Newspaper advertisement
    Directed byCecil B. DeMille
    Written byCecil B. DeMille
    Jeanie Macpherson
    Produced byCecil B. DeMille
    StarringCleo Ridgely
    CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
    Edited byCecil B. DeMille
    Production
    company
    Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
    Distributed byParamount Pictures
    Release date
    • December 30, 1915 (1915-12-30)
    Running time
    		74 minutes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageSilent (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.

    Plot[edit]

    Cast[edit]

    • 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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Golden Chance". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
    4. ^ "Silent Era Films on Home Video: The Golden Chance (1916)". silentera.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

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