Vanity's Price (1924)

Plot Summary

Successful actress Vanna Du Maurier ignores her friends' advice and overworks herself toward her goal of having her own theater. She is introduced to Henri De Greve, a millionaire who might help her, but she recognizes him to be her former husband, the father of her son, Teddy, and therefore refuses to have anything to do with him. The shock of seeing him is hard on Vanna, and fearing the loss of her youthful beauty, she visits a physician in Vienna to be rejuvenated. Vanna returns thoroughly changed and even invites the attentions of De Greve when she realizes his interest in Sylvia Grayson, Teddy's sweetheart. Teddy turns against his mother, Sylvia attempts to drown herself, and Vanna lures De Greve to her boudoir, where she discloses his past and gives him a beating with a riding crop. Sylvia and Teddy are reunited and forgive Vanna, who now recognizes the folly of vanity and accepts the proposal of long-time admirer Richard Dowling. This film is lost.

Full Cast & Characters

Anna Q. Nilsson

Vanna du Maurier

Stuart Holmes

Henri de Greve

Wyndham Standing

Richard Dowling

Arthur Rankin

Teddy

Lucille Ricksen

Sylvia

Robert Bolder

Bill Connors

Cissy Fitzgerald

Mrs. Connors

Dot Farley

Katherine

Charles Newton

The Butler

Rowfat-Bey Haliloff

Dancer

Director & Crew

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