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Vanity Fair (1923) is a silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and released by Samuel Goldwyn.[1]

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	March 25, 1923 (1923-03-25)
Running time	80+ minutes 8 reels (7,668 ft)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.[2][3]

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• Vanity Fair at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Vanity Fair at Virtual History

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