The House of Mirth (1918)
60 min
Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society.
- Release date
- August 5, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Katherine Corri Harris as Lily Bart
- Henry Kolker as Lawrence Selden
- Christine Mayo as Bertha Trenor-Dorset
- Joseph Kilgour as Augustus Trenor-Dorset
- Lottie Briscoe as Gertie Farish
- Edward Abeles as Simon Rosedale
- Maggie Western as Mrs. Haffen
- Pauline Welch as Nettie Struthers
- Nellie Parker Spaulding as Mrs. Penniston
- W.D. Fischter as Ned Silverton
Crew
- Albert Capellani · Director
- Albert Capellani · Writer
- June Mathis · Writer
- Edith Wharton · Writer
- Eugene Gaudio · Cinematographer