Description

Becky Sharp (1935 in film) is an American historical film drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins. Other supporting cast were Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray. It is based on the play of the same name by Langdon Mitchell, which in turn is based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair (novel). The screenplay was written by Francis Edward Faragoh. The film was considered a landmark in cinema as the first film to use the newly developed three-strip Technicolor production, opening the way for a growing number of color films to be made in Britain and the United States in the years leading up to World War II.

The film recounts the tale of a lower-class girl who insinuates herself into an upper-class family, only to see her life and the lives of those around her destroyed. The ruthless, self-willed and beautiful Becky is one of the most famous characters in English literature.

Cast

• Miriam Hopkins as Becky Sharp
• Frances Dee as Amelia Sedley
• Cedric Hardwicke as Marquis of Steyne
• Billie Burke as Lady Bareacres
• Alison Skipworth as Miss Crawley
• Nigel Bruce as Joseph Sedley
• Alan Mowbray as Rawdon Crawley
• G.P. Huntley as George Osborne
• William Stack as Pitt Crawley
• George Hassell (actor) as Sir Pitt Crawley
• William Faversham as Duke of Wellington
• Charles Richman (actor) as Gen. Tufto
• Doris Lloyd as Duchess of Richmond
• Colin Tapley as Captain William Dobbin
• Leonard Mudie as Tarquin
• Charles Coleman (actor) as Bowles