| Vanity Fair | |
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| Directed by | Hugo Ballin |
| Written by | Hugo Ballin (scenario) |
| Based on | Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Starring | Mabel Ballin Hobart Bosworth George Walsh |
| Cinematography | James Diamond |
| Production company | Hugo Ballin Productions |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 80+ minutes 8 reels (7,668 ft) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Vanity Fair (1923) is a lost silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and released by Samuel Goldwyn.
Production background
The film included one sequence filmed in color by Prizmacolor. This silent film was a version of the 1848 novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. The film starred Ballin's wife Mabel Ballin as Becky Sharp and Hobart Bosworth as the Marquis of Steyne.
Cast
- Mabel Ballin as Becky Sharp
- Hobart Bosworth as Marquis of Steyne
- George Walsh as Rawdon Crawley
- Harrison Ford as George Osborne
- Earle Foxe as Captain Dobbin
- Willard Louis as Joseph Sedley
- Eleanor Boardman as Amelia Sedley
- Bobby Mack as Sir Pitt Crawley (as Robert Mack)
- William J. Humphrey as Mr Sedley (credited as William Humphreys)
- Dorcas Matthews as Lady Jane
- Laura La Varnie as Miss Crawley
- James A. Marcus as Old Osborne
- Eugene Acker as Max
- Leo White as Isadore
- Tempe Pigott as Mrs Sedley
Preservation status
Vanity Fair is now considered to be a lost film.
See also
References
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Vanity Fair
- Progressive Silent Film List: Vanity Fair at silentera.com
- The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Vanity Fair
External links
- Vanity Fair at IMDb
- Vanity Fair at Virtual History
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- Goldwyn Pictures films
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