| Vanity's Price | |
| Director: | Roy William Neill Josef von Sternberg (ass't director) |
| Producer: | Gothic Productions |
| Starring: | Anna Q. Nilsson |
| Cinematography: | Hal Mohr |
| Studio: | Gothic Productions |
| Distributor: | Film Booking Offices of America |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes; 6 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Vanity's Price is a lost[1] 1924 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by the Gothic Productions company and released by FBO.[2] [3]
The film is notable as the feature that brought assistant director Josef von Sternberg to the attention of critics for his handling of two sequences in the film.[4]
Von Sternberg, in his 1965 autobiography recalls:
Von Sternberg writes:
When the picture was previewed this sequence was praised by critics and von Sternberg was offered a position as director at FBO studios, but he turned it down to make an independently financed film, The Salvation Hunters (1925).[5] [6] [7]