The screen-telling of the story visualized in "Vanity," a five-reel drama produced by Popular Plays and Players for release by Metro on December 25, should interest almost any audience. There is an element of suspense, well-sustained throughout, that keeps interest keyed up to a considerable pitch, and a leavening of romance that helps make a trifle more smooth and more palatable some of the more sordid spots and some of the illogicalities. Emmy Whelen is seen in the leading role, that of a model whose love of good clothes leads to her being placed in the power of an unscrupulous chief of detectives. Miss Whelen, a capable player, has received meritorious support. Chief among those in the supporting case are Tom O'Keefe, who is seen as the chief, and Paul Gord,on, the hero. Others in the cast are Edward Martindell, W. W. Black, J. W. Hartman, Esther Evans, Norman Kaiser, Tom Cameron, Dixie Marshall and Emile Agoust. Aaron Hoffman's story has received quite careful production in the hands of John B. O'Brien. The story tells of a girl model who is "framed" by the detective chief so that she must become a "stool pigeon." She is deputized to obtain a confession from the son of a wealthy man, in whose home a blackmailer has been murdered. The girl falls in love with the youth, but to save herself from prosecution allows the detectives to carry out their plan. The youth is brought to headquarters and confesses, although the crime was committed by the father. The girl gets evidence that the detective chief is a bigamist, and he drops the murder charge. Some exception may be taken to the fact that a murderer is allowed to go unpunished. The film embraces some good "third degree" scenes, and numerous pretty exteriors. Photography is not always of the best. - The Moving Picture World, January 6, 1917
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