Vanity Fair (1922 film)
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Vanity Fair is a 1922 British
silent
drama film
directed by Walter Courtney Rowden
and starring Clive Brook, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew and Douglas Munro.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Walter Courtney Rowden
Walter Courtney Rowden
-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Prisoner of Zenda * Rupert of Hentzau * Hobson's Choice * The Sheik Director* Daniel Deronda * Corinthian Jack * Vanity Fair...
and starring Clive Brook, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew and Douglas Munro.
Partial cast
- Clive Brook - Rawdon Crawley
- Douglas Munro - Marquis of Staines
- Henry Doughty - Mr. Wenham
- Cosmo Kyrle Bellew - Becky Sharp