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Director
  
Albert Capellani

Story by
  
Edith Wharton

Cinematography
  
Eugene Gaudio

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Genre
  
Drama

Producer
  
Maxwell Karger

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Writer
  
Albert Capellani
,
June Mathis

Release date
  
August 5, 1918 (1918-08-05)

Based on
  
The House of Mirth  by Edith Wharton

Cast
  
Katherine Corri Harris
(Lily Bart),
Henry Kolker
(Lawrence Selden),
Christine Mayo
(Bertha Trenor-Dorset),
Sidney Bracey
(Percy Gryce),
Joseph Kilgour
(Augustus Trenor-Dorset)

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The House of Mirth is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart. It is a cinema adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel The House of Mirth and the first ever cinema adaptation of any of her work. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

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Plot

Socialite but penniless orphan Lily Bart is living with her wealthy aunt who insists that she takes upon herself a rich husband. Balking at this idea and remaining faithful to her impecunious sweetheart Lawrence Selden (Henry Kolker), Lily is desirous of maintaining her luxurious lifestyle: she accepts the financial "favors" of some married millionaires but refuses to surrender her virtue in return – until she discovers that her sainted Selden has been fooling around with another man's wife.

Cast

  • Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart
  • Henry Kolker as Lawrence Selden
  • Christine Mayo as Bertha Trenor-Dorset
  • Joseph Kilgour as Augustus Trenor-Dorset
  • Edward Abeles as Simon Rosedale
  • W. D. Fisher as Ned Silverton
  • Lottie Briscoe as Gertie Farish
  • Pauline Welsh as Nettie Struthers
  • Maggie Western as Mrs. Haffen
  • Nellie Parker Spaulding as Mrs. Penniston
  • Sidney Bracy as Percy Gryce
  • Kempton Greene as Jeff Wade
  • Morgan Jones as Butler

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The House of Mirth was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 1, of the woman in silhouette behind veil, Reel 3, the intertitle "You know how you can repay me", Reel 4, the two intertitles "You're willing enough to take favors" etc. and "Now I want value received", and, Reel 6, the two intertitles "Now that society has accepted me, of course, I cannot marry you" and "If you only will be sensible".

    References

    The House of Mirth (1918 film) Wikipedia
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    The House of Mirth (1918 film) IMDb