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28 June 1935 (USA)
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Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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I'm giving it an 8 for Hopkins and the color
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Miriam Hopkins | ... | Becky Sharp | |
| Frances Dee | ... | Amelia Sedley | |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... | Marquis of Steyne | |
| Billie Burke | ... | Lady Bareacres | |
| Alison Skipworth | ... | Miss Crawley | |
| Nigel Bruce | ... | Joseph Sedley | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Rawdon Crawley | |
| G.P. Huntley | ... | George Osborne (as G.P. Huntley Jr.) | |
| William Stack | ... | Pitt Crawley | |
| George Hassell | ... | Sir Pitt Crawley | |
| William Faversham | ... | Duke of Wellington | |
| Charles Richman | ... | Gen. Tufto | |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Duchess of Richmond | |
| Colin Tapley | ... | Capt. William Dobbin | |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Tarquin |
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84 min | USA:67 min (re-issue version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity System)
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Canada:G (Ontario) |
USA:Approved (PCA #735)
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After the tremendous success of the short La Cucaracha (1934), John Hay Whitney and his cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney formed Pioneer Pictures to produce color films, of which this was the first.
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Continuity: In the final scenes, Becky is living in a drab furnished room that is clearly shown to be on the second floor. However, once in the room, a look through a window shows people walking on the street - at the same level as the room itself.
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Edited into "The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History" (1999)
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Young Molly Who Lives at the Foot of the Hill
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Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins) is a lower class girl who, through her upper class friend Amelia Sedley (Francis Dee), does her best to become an upper class woman herself...and do anything to get there.
Dull story with thudding dialogue (nobody ever talked like that) but I watched the whole thing. This movie has just two things going for it: Miriam Hopkins fantastic performance is one. She is playing a very unlikable character but she's so beautiful (in some shots she takes your breath away) and full of life that you can't help but root for her. The second thing is the groundbreaking use of color photography. I believe this is the first full-length feature to be filmed entirely in color. Director Rouben Mamoulian uses color creatively to express mood or show what a person is feeling or doing. I saw the restored print which has rich, beautiful colors. Even when the story was boring (which is often) with that lousy dialogue the colors and use of light and shadow kept me watching. With this film and the 1932 version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Mamoulian created new rules in how to direct sequences and use settings, light and shadow. Sadly, he's forgotten today.
So, this is worth seeing only for Hopkins and the color. Don't watch it for the story or you'll be sadly disappointed.