Folly of Vanity

Folly of Vanity

70 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1924

This drama had two directors: Maurice Elvey handled most of the film, but the fantasy sequence was directed by Henry Otto. Newlyweds Alice and Robert are already having differences over money. He gets angry at her extravagances, especially when she spends more than they can afford on an imitation pearl necklace. Ridgeway, a client of Robert's, invites the couple to a party. Robert wants to decline, but Alice insists that they go. Ridgeway loans Alice a real pearl necklace, to "restore their lustre," and everyone heads for his yacht. Ridgeway pays Alice a lot of attention, while a young widow tries to vamp Robert.

Folly of Vanity

70 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1924

Folly of Vanity
This drama had two directors: Maurice Elvey handled most of the film, but the fantasy sequence was directed by Henry Otto. Newlyweds Alice and Robert are already having differences over money. He gets angry at her extravagances, especially when she spends more than they can afford on an imitation pearl necklace. Ridgeway, a client of Robert's, invites the couple to a party. Robert wants to decline, but Alice insists that they go. Ridgeway loans Alice a real pearl necklace, to "restore their lustre," and everyone heads for his yacht. Ridgeway pays Alice a lot of attention, while a young widow tries to vamp Robert.
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Folly of Vanity
Directors Henry Otto, Maurice Elvey
Writers Charles Darnton, Edfrid A. Bingham

Cast

Billie Dove

as Alice (modern sequence)

Jack Mulhall

as Robert (modern sequence)

Betty Blythe

as Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)

John St. Polis

as Ridgeway (modern sequence)

Fred Becker

as The Banker (modern sequence)

Byron Munson

as Old Johnny (modern sequence)

Edna Mae Cooper

as Russian Vamp (modern sequence)

Fronzie Gunn

as Scandinavian (modern sequence)

Marcella Daly

as French Woman (modern sequence)

Lotus Thompson

as Blond Gold Digger (modern sequence)

Consuelo

as Thetis (fantasy sequence)

Jean La Motte

as Lorelei (fantasy sequence)

Robert Klein

as Neptune (fantasy sequence)

Ena Gregory

as The Siren (fantasy sequence)

Lola Drovnar

as The Witch (fantasy sequence)

Paul Weigel

as Old Roué (fantasy sequence)

Otto Matieson

as Frenchman (modern sequence)