Vanity is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jane Cain, Percy Marmont and John Counsell. The plot concerns a conceited actress, convinced of the general adoration in which she is held, faking her own death in order to gratify herself by observing the depth of grief caused by her demise. However the actual reactions to the "news" prove to be far from what she had expected.
| Vanity | |
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| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Written by | Ernest Denny (play) Adrian Brunel |
| Produced by | George Smith |
| Starring | Jane Cain Percy Marmont |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Production company | George Smith Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Partial cast
edit- Jane Cain as Vanity Faire
- Percy Marmont as Jefferson Brown
- H. F. Maltby as Lord Cazalet
- John Counsell as Dick Broderick
Production
editThe film was a quota quickie production, made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames for distribution by Columbia Pictures. It was based on a play by Ernest Denny and is now considered a lost film.
The film is the only known cinema credit for Jane Cain, who went on to achieve a degree of immortality in British culture as 'the girl with the golden voice', becoming the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom between 1936 and 1963.
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .
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