''Vanity's Price'' is a lost 1924 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Roy William Neill and starring

Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish-American actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Early life Nilsson was born in Ystad, Sweden in 1888. Her middle name Quirentia is derived from her date ...

. It was produced by the Gothic Productions company and released by FBO. The film is notable as the feature that brought assistant director

Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the Silent film, silent to the Sound film, sound era, during which he worked with mos ...

to the attention of critics for his handling of two sequences in the film.

Cast

as Vanna Du Maurier *

Stuart Holmes Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. Biog ...

as Henri De Greve *

Wyndham Standing Charles Wyndham Standing''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497 (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor. Early years Standing was born in London, England and died in Los Angele ...

as Richard Dowling * Arthur Rankin as Teddy, Vanna's son * Lucille Ricksen as Sylvia, Teddy's fiancée *

Robert Bolder Robert Bolder (20 July 1859 – 10 December 1937) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California. In the early part of the 20th ...

as Bill Connors, Theatrical Manager * Cissy Fitzgerald as Mrs. Connors *

Dot Farley Dorothea "Dot" Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures from 1910 to 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley. Biography Born in Chicago, Dorothea Farley was the daughter of ...

as Katherine, Vanna's Maid * Charles Newton as Butler *Rowfat-Bey Haliloff as Dancer

Production

Von Sternberg, in his 1965 autobiography recalls: Von Sternberg writes: When the picture was previewed this sequence was praised by critics and von Sternberg was offered a position as director at FBO studios, but he turned it down to make an independently financed film, The Salvation Hunters (1925).Baxter, 1971 p. 25-26: see footnote "October 8, 1924" review.

Footnotes

Sources

* Baxter, John. 1971. ''The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg''. London: A. Zwemmer / New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. * Hall, Mordaunt. 1924. THE SCREEN: “A Rejuvenation Story.”

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, October 8, 1924. https://www.nytimes.com/1924/10/08/archives/the-screen-a-rejuvenation-story.html Retrieved 20 May, 2024. * Sternberg, Josef von. 1988. ''Fun in a Chinese Laundry''. Mercury House, San Francisco, California. (pbk.)

External links

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