A Slave of Vanity

1920 film by Henry Otto

  • November 28, 1920 (1920-11-28)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Slave of Vanity is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, and directed and written by Henry Otto. The film, which was adapted from Arthur Wing Pinero's 1901 play Iris, was produced and distributed by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation that eventually became part of Film Booking Office of America. The film is now considered lost.[1]

Plot

Iris (Frederick), a British aristocrat, must choose between the poor Laurence (Barrie) and the rich Frederick (Louis). She decides to marry the wealthier Frederick, but at the last minute she changes her mind and runs off to Italy with Laurence. However, things do not work out quite the way she planned.

Cast

  • Pauline Frederick as Iris Bellamy
  • Arthur Hoyt as Croker Harrington
  • Nigel Barrie as Laurence Trenwith
  • Willard Louis as Frederick Maldonado
  • Maude Louis as Fanny Sullivan
  • Daisy Jefferson as Aurea Vyse
  • Ruth Handforth as Miss Pinsent
  • Howard Gaye as Arthur Kane

See also

References

  1. ^ A Slave of Vanity, The Pauline Frederick Website, stanford.edu

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