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Becky Sharp

- YOU WILL SEE HER TRANSFORMED BY THE WONDEROUS NEW TECHNICOLOR

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.

Release Date : 1935-06-28

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Pioneer Pictures Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Lady of FortuneVanity Fair

Cast

Character Name : Becky Sharp

Original Name : Miriam Hopkins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amelia Sedley

Original Name : Frances Dee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marquis of Steyne

Original Name : Cedric Hardwicke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Bareacres

Original Name : Billie Burke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Crawley

Original Name : Alison Skipworth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph Sedley

Original Name : Nigel Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rawdon Crawley

Original Name : Alan Mowbray

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Osborne

Original Name : G.P. Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pitt Crawley

Original Name : William Stack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Pitt Crawley

Original Name : George Hassell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke of Wellington

Original Name : William Faversham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gen. Tufto

Original Name : Charles Richman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duchess of Richmond

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Dobbin

Original Name : Colin Tapley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tarquin

Original Name : Leonard Mudie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Briggs

Original Name : May Beatty

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bowles

Original Name : Charles Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Blanche

Original Name : Bunny Beatty

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Flowery

Original Name : Finis Barton

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Prince Regent

Original Name : Olaf Hytten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fifine

Original Name : Pauline Garon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sedley's Page

Original Name : Jimmy Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Pinkerton

Original Name : Elspeth Dudgeon

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Charwoman

Original Name : Tempe Pigott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady Jane Crawley

Original Name : Ottola Nesmith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Joan Arnold

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Billie Bellport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Mrs. Leslie Carter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Will Geer

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Gaston Glass

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Creighton Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Keith Hitchcock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laura (uncredited)

Original Name : Viola Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Nixon

Gender : Female

Character Name : British Nobleman (uncredited)

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Somerset

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beau Brummel (uncredited)

Original Name : John Warburton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Madeline Wilson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-25

Whilst Napoleon is conquering Europe, "Becky" (Miriam Hopkins) is doing a bit of that for herself. Determined to improve on her lot as the daughter of a family of travelling performers, she uses each gullible man she meets as a stepping stone to the next. She doesn't care about any of the collateral baggage she leaves behind - including her soldier husband "Crawley" (Alan Mowbray) but maybe she finally meets her match in the wealthy "Marquis of Steyn" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) who has seen her game playing before, and - well he's just a lot better at it than she. It's also, just as she sees the epitome of her aspirations within her grasp, that maybe, just maybe, she realises that she does have some room for affection in her life - but is it all too late for that? The film is usually only noted for it's feats of colour photography but I think that's a little unfair on both Hopkins and Sir Cedric. The former plays the ambitious and venal creature quite compellingly - indeed, she creates quite a thoroughly detestable character whilst the latter plays the shrewd and dastardly peer with some skill that also gets under your fingernails, too. The plot itself is well trammelled and the story isn't new either, but a solid ensemble of the likes of Nigel Bruce, Frances Dee and Billy Burke keep it moving noisily along for eighty minutes.