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The Folly of Vanity

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The Folly of Vanity
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Maurice Elvey Henry Otto
Written by	Edfrid Bingham (scenario)
Story by	Charles Darnton
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Billie Dove Jack Mulhall Betty Blythe
Cinematography	G. O. Post Joseph H. August Joseph Valentine
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	December 21, 1924 (1924-12-21)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Folly of Vanity is a 1924 American silent drama film codirected by Maurice Elvey and Henry Otto and starring Billie Dove and Betty Blythe. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1]^[2] The film is divided into two sections, the modern part which was directed by Elvey and the underwater fantasy section directed by Otto.

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] Alice (Dove), a beautiful young wife, loves jewelry and spends some money intended for other purposes to buy an imitation pearl necklace. Her husband Robert (Muhall) invites Ridgeway (St. Polis), a wealthy client, to dinner. Ridgeway is a conisseur of women and pearls and invites the young couple to a party he is giving. Robert chides Alice for buying the pearls and declines the invitation but Allice, determined to go, gets her way. Ridgeway presents his guests with expensive jewelry as souvenirs and, unable to persuades Alice to take any, insists that she wear a beautiful pearl necklace to restore the lustre of her imitation pearls. The whole crowd is invited on a yacht cruise where Ridgeway is attentive to Alice, while a wealthy widow (Blythe) attracts Robert. Alice and Robert have a quarrel. That night Alice dreams that Ridgeway is attempting to attack her. She jumps into the sea and is carried to Neptune's court where all wonders and beauties are shown her. Neptune (Klein) is depicted as surrounded by beautiful maidens who are scatily clad or unclad. A festival is held in Alice's honor. A witch (Drovnar) discovers that an imprint has been on her neck by the pearl necklace, a mark of vanity, and Neptune orders her cast out. Awakening, she returns the necklace to Ridgeway and by error enters Roberts room, where a reconciliation occurs.

Cast

Modern part

Billie Dove as Alice
Jack Mulhall as Robert
Betty Blythe as Mrs. Ridgeway
John St. Polis as Ridgeway
Fred Becker as The Banker
Otto Matiesen as Frenchman
Byron Munson as Old Johnny
Edna Mae Cooper as Russian Vamp
Fonzie Gunn as Scandinavian Type
Marcella Daly as French woman
Lotus Thompson as Blond Gold Digger
Al Mazzola (uncredited)

Fantasy part

Consuelo as Thetis
Jean La Motte as Lorelei
Bob Klein as Neptune
Ena Gregory as The Siren
Lola Drovnar as The Witch
Paul Weigel as Old roué

Production

Portions of the dream fantasy sequence were tinted in various shades, some to indicate being underwater.^[3]

Preservation

A print of The Folly of Vanity reportedly is held in the Národní filmový archiv and in an American collection.^[4]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Folly of Vanity
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Folly of Vanity at silentera.com
^ ^a ^b Sewel, Charles S. (February 14, 1925). "The Folly of Vanity; Interesting Modern Story and Spectacular Under-Sea Fantasy Are Combined in this Fox Feature". The Moving Picture World. 72 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 702. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Folly of Vanity

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Folly of Vanity.

The Folly of Vanity at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Still at silentfilmstillarchive.com

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films

Maria Marten (1913)
The Suicide Club (1914)
The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
Her Luck in London (1914)
The Idol of Paris (1914)
There's Good in Everyone (1915)
Honeymoon for Three (1915)
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915)
Midshipman Easy (1915)
Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
Florence Nightingale (1915)
From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
Her Nameless Child (1915)
Home (1915)
Love in a Wood (1915)
Fine Feathers (1915)
Charity Ann (1915)
A Will of Her Own (1915)
Meg the Lady (1916)
Esther (1916)
Driven (1916)
Vice Versa (1916)
Money for Nothing (1916)
When Knights Were Bold (1916)
Trouble for Nothing (1916)
The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
The King's Daughter (1916)
Mother Love (1916)
Smith (1917)
The Grit of a Jew (1917)
The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
Justice (1917)
The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
Flames (1917)
Mary Girl (1917)
Hindle Wakes (1918)
The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
Goodbye (1918)
Adam Bede (1918)
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
Nelson (1918)
Comradeship (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
Keeper of the Door (1919)
Dombey and Son (1919)
The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
God's Good Man (1919)
Mr. Wu (1919)
The Swindler (1919)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
Bleak House (1920)
The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
At the Villa Rose (1920)
The Hundredth Chance (1920)
A Question of Trust (1920)
The Tavern Knight (1920)
The Victory Leaders (1920)
Innocent (1921)
A Gentleman of France (1921)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
The Passionate Friends (1922)
Running Water (1922)
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
A Debt of Honour (1922)
The Wandering Jew (1923)
The Sign of Four (1923)
Guy Fawkes (1923)
The Royal Oak (1923)
Sally Bishop (1923)
Don Quixote (1923)
Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
Slaves of Destiny (1924)
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
My Husband's Wives (1924)
Folly of Vanity (1924)
Curlytop (1924)
She Wolves (1925)
Every Man's Wife (1925)
The Woman Tempted (1926)
The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
Roses of Picardy (1927)
Tragedy of a Marriage (1927)
Hindle Wakes (1927)
The Flight Commander (1927)
Quinneys (1927)
The Glad Eye (1927)
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
Balaclava (1928)
Palais de danse (1928)
You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
High Treason (1929)

Sound films

The School for Scandal (1930)
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
Frail Women (1932)
In a Monastery Garden (1932)
The Marriage Bond (1932)
The Water Gipsies (1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lost Chord (1933)
I Lived with You (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
Soldiers of the King (1933)
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Road House (1934)
Lily of Killarney (1934)
The Clairvoyant (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Heat Wave (1935)
Spy of Napoleon (1936)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
A Romance in Flanders (1937)
Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
Melody and Romance (1937)
Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Lightning Conductor (1938)
Who Goes Next? (1938)
The Return of the Frog (1938)
Sword of Honour (1939)
Sons of the Sea (1939)
Under Your Hat (1940)
The Spider (1940)
For Freedom (1940)
Room for Two (1940)
Salute John Citizen (1942)
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
Medal for the General (1944)
Strawberry Roan (1945)
Beware of Pity (1946)
The Third Visitor (1951)
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
My Wife's Lodger (1952)
The Great Game (1953)
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
House of Blackmail (1953)
The Harassed Hero (1954)
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
The Gay Dog (1954)
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
You Lucky People! (1955)
Room in the House (1955)
Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
Dry Rot (1956)
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
Second Fiddle (1957)

Films directed by Henry Otto

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