A Virtuous Vamp

A Virtuous Vamp
Lantern slide
Directed byDavid Kirkland
Sidney Franklin
Written byAnita Loos
John Emerson
Based onThe Bachelor
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
Constance Talmadge
Anita Loos
John Emerson
StarringConstance Talmadge
Conway Tearle
Ned Sparks
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Production
company
Constance Talmadge Film Company
Distributed byFirst National Exhibitors' Circuit
Release date
  • November 16, 1919 (1919-11-16)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Virtuous Vamp is a 1919 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge that was directed by David Kirkland and Sidney Franklin. It was written by Anita Loos and John Emerson based on the 1909 play The Bachelor by Clyde Fitch.[1]

On December 18, 2013, the Library of Congress announced that this film had been selected for the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2][3]

Cast

Lobby card
  • Constance Talmadge as Gwendolyn Armitage/Nellie Jones
  • Belle Daube as Mrs. Armitage
  • Jack Kane as Edward Cecil Armitage
  • Conway Tearle as James Crowninshield
  • Jeanette Horton as Katherine Crowninshield
  • Margaret Linden as Minerva Crowninshield
  • Wallace McCutcheon Jr. as Kirby
  • Ned Sparks as Mr. Bell
  • William Eville as Mr. Hicks
  • William Gaunt as Mr. Davis
  • Gilda Gray in Bit Part

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Virtuous Vamp". November 16, 1919 – via IMDb.
  2. ^ "Library of Congress announces 2013 National Film Registry selections". Washington Post (Press release). December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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