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The Folly of Vanity
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / [?] 5250 or 5600? feet
Directed by Maurice Elvey and Henry Otto
Cast: Billie Dove [Alice], Jack Mulhall [Robert], Betty Blythe [Mrs, Ridgeway], John Sainpolis [Mr. Ridgeway], Fred Becker [the banker], Otto Matiesen [the Frenchman], Byron Munson [Old Johnny], Edna Mae Cooper [the Russian vamp], Fronzie Gunn [the Scandinavian type], Marcella Daly [the French woman], Lotus Thompson [the blond golddigger], Consuelo [Thetis, in the fantasy], Jean Le Motte [Lorelei, in the fantasy], Bob Klein [Neptune, in the fantasy], Ena Gregory [the siren, in the fantasy], Lola Droynar [the witch, in the fantasy], Paul Weigel [the old roué, in the fantasy]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Edfrid Bingham, from a screen story by Charles Darnton. Fantasy creations by Henry Otto. Cinematography by G.O. Post, Joe August (Joseph August) and Joseph Valentine. Presented by William Fox. / © 25 January 1925 by Fox Film Corporation [LP21130]. Released 21 December 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Elvey directed the modern story, with direction of the fantasy sequence by Otto.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Narodni Filmovy Archiv film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 March 2025.
References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 39 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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