# The Vanity Pool

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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Vanity Pool
| image          = Anna Q. Nilsson in The Vanity Pool.jpg
| caption        = Still with, from left, [Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding), [Anna Q. Nilsson](/source/Anna_Q._Nilsson), [Franklyn Farnum](/source/Franklyn_Farnum)
| director       = [Ida May Park](/source/Ida_May_Park)
| producer       = [Carl Laemmle](/source/Carl_Laemmle)
| writer         = Ida May Park
| based_on       = {{basedon|''The Vanity Pool''|[Nalbro Bartley](/source/Nalbro_Bartley)}}
| starring       = [Mary MacLaren](/source/Mary_MacLaren)<br>[Anna Q. Nilsson](/source/Anna_Q._Nilsson)<br>[Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding)
| music          = 
| cinematography = [King D. Gray](/source/King_D._Gray)
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [Universal Film Manufacturing Company](/source/Universal_Film_Manufacturing_Company)
| released       = {{Film date|1918|12|07}}
| runtime        = 60 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''The Vanity Pool''''' is a [lost](/source/lost_film)<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](/source/silent_film) film drama directed by [Ida May Park](/source/Ida_May_Park) and starring [Mary MacLaren](/source/Mary_MacLaren), [Anna Q. Nilsson](/source/Anna_Q._Nilsson), and [Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding). The script was based on a short story by [Nalbro Bartley](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mary_MacLaren) as Marna Royal
*[Anna Q. Nilsson](/source/Anna_Q._Nilsson) as Carol Harper
*[Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding) as Gerald Harper
*[Marin Sais](/source/Marin_Sais) as Diana Casper
*Virginia Chester as Mrs. Royal
*[Franklyn Farnum](/source/Franklyn_Farnum) as Drew Garrett
*[Winter Hall](/source/Winter_Hall) as Uncle Penny
*[Frank Brownlee](/source/Frank_Brownlee) as Jarvis Flint
*[Willis Marks](/source/Willis_Marks) as Mr. Royal 
*Mae Talbot as Miss Key

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|The Vanity Pool}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0009753|title=The Vanity Pool}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanity Pool, The}}
Category:1918 films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Ida May Park
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1918 drama films
Category:Films based on works by Nalbro Bartley
Category:1918 American films
Category:1918 English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:1918 lost films
Category:Lost American silent drama films

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