A Virtuous Vamp
1919 film by Sidney Franklin, David Kirkland
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A Virtuous Vamp is a 1919 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge that was directed by David Kirkland and Sidney Franklin. It was written by Anita Loos and John Emerson based on the 1909 play The Bachelor by Clyde Fitch.[1]
Directed byDavid Kirkland
Sidney Franklin
Sidney Franklin
Written byAnita Loos
John Emerson
John Emerson
Based onThe Bachelor
by Clyde Fitch
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
Constance Talmadge
Anita Loos
John Emerson
Constance Talmadge
Anita Loos
John Emerson
| A Virtuous Vamp | |
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| Directed by | David Kirkland Sidney Franklin |
| Written by | Anita Loos John Emerson |
| Based on | The Bachelor by Clyde Fitch |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck Constance Talmadge Anita Loos John Emerson |
| Starring | Constance Talmadge Conway Tearle Ned Sparks |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
Production company | Constance Talmadge Film Company |
| Distributed by | First National Exhibitors' Circuit |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
On December 18, 2013, the Library of Congress announced that this film had been selected for the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2][3]
Cast

- Constance Talmadge as Gwendolyn Armitage/Nellie Jones
- Belle Daube as Mrs. Armitage
- Jack Kane as Edward Cecil Armitage
- Conway Tearle as James Crowninshield
- Jeanette Horton as Katherine Crowninshield
- Margaret Linden as Minerva Crowninshield
- Wallace McCutcheon Jr. as Kirby
- Ned Sparks as Mr. Bell
- William Eville as Mr. Hicks
- William Gaunt as Mr. Davis
- Gilda Gray in Bit Part