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The House of Mirth is a american film of genre Drama directed by Albert Capellani released in USA on 5 august 1918 with Henry Kolker

The House of Mirth (1918)

The House of Mirth
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Released in USA 5 august 1918
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.422813.422813.422813.422813.42281

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. With its survival status classified as unknown, it is considered to be a lost film.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Henry Kolker

(Lawrence Selden)Christine Mayo

(Bertha Trenor-Dorset)Joseph Kilgour

(Augustus Trenor-Dorset)Edward Abeles
Lottie Briscoe
And :
Sidney Bracey
Kempton Greene
Nellie Parker Spaulding
Morgan Jones
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