The Golden Chance Explained

The Golden Chance
Director:	Cecil B. DeMille
Producer:	Cecil B. DeMille
Studio:	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Starring:	Cleo Ridgely
Cinematography:	Alvin Wyckoff
Editing:	Cecil B. DeMille
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	74 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget:	$18,711
Gross:	$83,504

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Golden Chance . August 20, 2010. silentera.com.
2. Web site: The Golden Chance. afi.com . March 30, 2024.
3. Web site: American Silent Feature Film Database: The Golden Chance . March 30, 2024 . Library of Congress.
4. Web site: Silent Era Films on Home Video: The Golden Chance (1916) . March 30, 2024 . silentera.com.