A Slave of Vanity

A Slave of Vanity
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Directed byHenry Otto
Written byHenry Otto (scenario)
Based onIris
by Arthur Wing Pinero
StarringPauline Frederick
Arthur Hoyt
Production
company
Distributed byRobertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • November 28, 1920 (1920-11-28)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Slave of Vanity is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, and directed and written by Henry Otto. The film, which was adapted from Arthur Wing Pinero's 1901 play Iris, was produced and distributed by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation that eventually became part of Film Booking Office of America. The film is now considered lost.[1]

Plot

Iris (Frederick), a British aristocrat, must choose between the poor Laurence (Barrie) and the rich Frederick (Louis). She decides to marry the wealthier Frederick, but at the last minute she changes her mind and runs off to Italy with Laurence. However, things do not work out quite the way she planned.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ A Slave of Vanity, The Pauline Frederick Website, stanford.edu
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