The Hundredth Chance is a 1917 novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell.^[1] It was one of four of Dell's novels to make the Publishers Weekly list of top ten bestselling books during the 1910s in America.^[2] In 1927 Dell adapted the novel as a play.^[3]

Film adaptation

It was adapted into a 1920 silent film of the same title produced by the British studio Stoll Pictures. Directed by Maurice Elvey it starred Dennis Neilson-Terry, Mary Glynne and Eille Norwood. It was one of a number of her works to be filmed during the era.^[4]

References

Barnett, Vincent L. & Weedon, Alexis. Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman. Routledge, 2016.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period, Volume 2. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009.
Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.