{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Vanity Pool | image = Anna Q. Nilsson in The Vanity Pool.jpg | caption = Still with, from left, Thomas Holding, Anna Q. Nilsson, Franklyn Farnum | director = Ida May Park | producer = Carl Laemmle | writer = Ida May Park | based_on = {{basedon|''The Vanity Pool''|Nalbro Bartley}} | starring = Mary MacLaren<br>Anna Q. Nilsson<br>Thomas Holding | music = | cinematography = King D. Gray | editing = | distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Company | released = {{Film date|1918|12|07}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''The Vanity Pool''''' is a lost<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10226/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Vanity Pool'']</ref> 1918 American silent film drama directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Thomas Holding. The script was based on a short story by Nalbro Bartley that was originally published in ''Young's Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/413702756/?terms=%22the+vanity+pool%22+%22ida%22|title=9 Mar 1919, 6 - The Montgomery Advertiser at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/417382170/?terms=%22the+vanity+pool%22+%22ida%22|title=22 Jan 1920, 1 - The Citizen-Patriot at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref> The film was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.<ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/18240?sid=38555c70-b695-40f4-a8f7-86f2a783273d&sr=3.5051887&cp=1&pos=0 The AFI Catalog of Feature Filmss 1893-1993: ''The Vanity Pool'']</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/V/VanityPool1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Vanity Pool''] at silentera.com</ref> The film centered around a female lobbyist who becomes involved in political intrigue when she begins lobbying for the election of her friend's husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/339207107/?terms=%22the+vanity+pool%22+%22ida%22|title=8 Feb 1919, 10 - The Dispatch at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref>
==Cast== *Mary MacLaren as Marna Royal *Anna Q. Nilsson as Carol Harper *Thomas Holding as Gerald Harper *Marin Sais as Diana Casper *Virginia Chester as Mrs. Royal *Franklyn Farnum as Drew Garrett *Winter Hall as Uncle Penny *Frank Brownlee as Jarvis Flint *Willis Marks as Mr. Royal *Mae Talbot as Miss Key
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==External links== {{commons category|The Vanity Pool}} *{{IMDb title|id=0009753|title=The Vanity Pool}}
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