Vanity Fair (1923 film)

{{infobox film

| name = Vanity Fair

| image = Vanity Fair lobby card 1923.JPG

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Hugo Ballin

| producer =

| based_on = {{based on|Vanity Fair|William Makepeace Thackeray}}

| writer = Hugo Ballin (scenario)

| starring = Mabel Ballin
Hobart Bosworth
George Walsh

| music =

| cinematography = James Diamond

| editing =

| studio = Hugo Ballin Productions

| distributor = Goldwyn Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1923|3|25}}

| runtime = 80+ minutes
8 reels (7,668 ft)

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

File:Mabel Ballin, in "Vanity Fair" 1923-May.png, in Vanity Fair]]

Vanity Fair (1923) is a lost silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and released by Samuel Goldwyn.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/13004?sid=13b0c146-aeda-432f-95fc-8f779bfc475a&sr=4.2359424&cp=1&pos=3 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Vanity Fair]

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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/V/VanityFair1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: Vanity Fair] at silentera.com[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10225/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Vanity Fair]