The Golden Chance
About The Golden Chance
Mary Denby is married to Steve, a drunk who does not work. She takes a seamstress job with the wealthy Mrs. Hillary. The Hillarys dress her as an unmarried woman and introduce her to Roger Manning, a millionaire they want kept in town for a business deal. Roger falls in love with her. Steve tries to get money out of him, then tries to kill him. Roger wins the fight. Police shoot Steve as he runs. Mary is free to marry Roger, and the two of them sit with what that freedom cost.
Cast & crew
More about The Golden Chance
Cecil B. DeMille directed, produced, and edited, and shared the script with Jeanie MacPherson. Paramount distributed. Wilfred Buckland was art director. DeMille remade the story in 1921 as Forbidden Fruit. Wikipedia dates the release December 30, 1915. AFI dates it January 31, 1916.
Themes
Look
Alvin Wyckoff photographed the Lasky feature.
Preservation
A complete 16mm print is at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester.
Notes
- Cleo Ridgely plays Mary. Wallace Reid plays Roger Manning. Horace B. Carpenter plays Steve Denby.
- Ernest Joy and Edythe Chapman play the Hillarys. Raymond Hatton plays Jimmy the Rat.
- A complete 16mm print is at the George Eastman Museum.
- Image Entertainment put it on DVD in 2005, paired with Don't Change Your Husband.
Scenes
- Mrs. Hillary dresses Mary and seats her beside Roger Manning.
- Police kill Steve as he flees the fight with Roger.
Influenced
- Forbidden Fruit (1921)
Also available
- Image Entertainment DVD (2005), paired with Don't Change Your Husband
- George Eastman Museum (16mm print)
