The Hopes of Blind Alley

The Hopes of Blind Alley
Newspaper advertisement
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byAllan Dwan
Murdock MacQuarrie
Grace Johnson[1]
StarringPauline Bush
Murdock MacQuarrie
Lon Chaney
CinematographyLee O. Bartholomew
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 4, 1914 (1914-07-04)
Running time
30 minutes (3 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Hopes of Blind Alley is a 1914 American silent drama film directed (and co-written) by Allan Dwan and featuring Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney. A still exists showing Lon Chaney as the Italian statuette vendor.[2] The film is now considered to be lost.[3]

  1. ^ Bennett, Carl. "The Hope of Blind Alley". silentera.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Hope of Blind Alley". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Silent Era: The Hopes of Blind Alley". silentera. Retrieved June 19, 2008.