A political wife's deal with the devil — 1918 style, and you've never seen it.
A candidate for governor, eager Gerald Harper persuades his equally ambitious wife Carol to enlist the aid of her friend Diana Casper, whose influence with political boss Jarvis Flint could help him win the election. Carol agrees to speak to Diana on condition that Gerald temporarily assume her work in the city's tenements.
Direction
Ida May Park, rare female director of the 1910s.
Acting
Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish import bringing Nordic gravitas.
Director
Ida May Park
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
No known prints survive; Vanity Pool exists only in catalog descriptions and trade reviews.
Ida May Park directed 14 features between 1917-1920 while married to Universal's Joe De Grasse — a husband-wife creative partnership rare even today.
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