Becky Sharp (1935)
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- Unrated
- 1h 24min
- Drama, Romance
- 28 Jun 1935 (USA)
- Movie
Against the backdrop of Napoleon's Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
| Miriam Hopkins | ... |
Becky Sharp
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| Frances Dee | ... |
Amelia Sedley
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| Cedric Hardwicke | ... |
Marquis of Steyne
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| Billie Burke | ... |
Lady Bareacres
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| Alison Skipworth | ... |
Miss Crawley
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| Nigel Bruce | ... |
Joseph Sedley
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| Alan Mowbray | ... |
Rawdon Crawley
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| G.P. Huntley | ... |
George Osborne
(as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
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William Stack | ... |
Pitt Crawley
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George Hassell | ... |
Sir Pitt Crawley
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| William Faversham | ... |
Duke of Wellington
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| Charles Richman | ... |
Gen. Tufto
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| Doris Lloyd | ... |
Duchess of Richmond
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| Colin Tapley | ... |
William Dobbin
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| Leonard Mudie | ... |
Tarquin
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| May Beatty | ... |
Briggs
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| Charles Coleman | ... |
Bowles
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Bunny Beatty | ... |
Lady Blanche
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| Finis Barton | ... |
Miss Flowery
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| Olaf Hytten | ... |
The Prince Regent
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| Pauline Garon | ... |
Fifine
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Jimmy Robinson | ... |
Sedley's Page
(as James 'Hambone' Robinson)
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| Elspeth Dudgeon | ... |
Miss Pinkerton
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| Tempe Pigott | ... |
The Charwoman
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| Ottola Nesmith | ... |
Lady Jane Crawley
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Joan Arnold | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Billie Bellport | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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| Mrs. Leslie Carter | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Margaret Dee | ... |
Young Girl (uncredited)
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| Will Geer | ... |
Spectator (uncredited)
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| Gaston Glass | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| Creighton Hale | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| Stuart Hall | ... |
(uncredited)
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Keith Hitchcock | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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Viola Moore | ... |
Laura (uncredited)
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| Pat Nixon | ... |
Ballroom Dance Extra (uncredited)
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| C. Montague Shaw | ... |
British Nobleman (uncredited)
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| Reginald Sheffield | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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| Pat Somerset | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| John Warburton | ... |
Beau Brummel (uncredited)
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Madeline Wilson | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Rouben Mamoulian | ||
Written by
| William Makepeace Thackeray | ... | (novel "Vanity Fair") (as Thackeray) |
| Francis Edward Faragoh | ... | (screen play) (as Francis Edwards Faragoh) |
| Langdon Mitchell | ... | (play) |
Produced by
| Kenneth Macgowan | ... | producer |
Music by
| Roy Webb | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Ray Rennahan | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| Archie Marshek | ... | (as Archie F. Marshek) |
Editorial Department
| Natalie Kalmus | ... | color director: Technicolor |
Production Design by
| Robert Edmond Jones | ... | (designed in color by) |
Costume Design by
| Robert Edmond Jones | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
| Max Factor | ... | makeup artist: Technicolor (uncredited) |
| Robert J. Schiffer | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| George E. Kann | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| W. Argyle Nelson | ... | assistant director (as Argyle Nelson) |
Art Department
| George Hazenbush | ... | properties |
| Wiard Ihnen | ... | associate art director (as W.B. Ihnen) |
Sound Department
| Earl A. Wolcott | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
| Harry Redmond Sr. | ... | special effects supervisor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Albert Wayne | ... | chief electrician (as Bert Wayne) |
| W. Howard Greene | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Roy Webb | ... | musical director |
| Maurice De Packh | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Bernhard Kaun | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Max Steiner | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Myrtle Flynn | ... | hand double: Miriam Hopkins |
| Russell Lewis | ... | dance director |
| George E. Kann | ... | business manager (uncredited) |
| John London | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth McGaffey | ... | researcher (uncredited) |
| Paul Snell | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1935) (Canada) (theatrical) (as RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada, Ltd.)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1935) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Radio Pictures, Ltd.)
- RKO Pictures (Australasia) (1935) (Australia) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures S.A. (1935) (France) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films (1935) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kinografen (1935) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Film Classics (1944) (United States) (theatrical) (retitled re-release) (cinecolor)
- Films Around the World (I) (2002) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Reel Media International (2004) (World-wide) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide)
- Kino Lorber (2018) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Lorber (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Penteo Films S.L. (2018) (Spain) (restored)
- UCLA Film and Television Archive (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- ROKiT FLIX (2023) (United States)
- Wikipedia (2023) (World-wide) (video) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- RCA Victor (sound recording system: high fidelity)
- Western Costume Company (costumes supplied by)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray. Becky and Amelia are girls at school together, but Becky is from a "show biz" family, or in other words, very low class. Becky manages to insinuate herself in Amelia's family and gets to know all their friends. From this possibly auspicious- beginning, she manages to ruin her own life, becoming sick, broke, and lonely, and also ruins the lives of many other "loved ones". In the movie we get to see the class distinctions in England at the time, and get a sense of what it was like for the English military at the time of the Napoleonic wars. Written by Lisa Grable |
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| Taglines | YOU WILL SEE HER TRANSFORMED BY THE WONDEROUS NEW TECHNICOLOR (Print Ad- Lodi News-Sentinel, ((Lodi, Calif.)) 20 July 1935) See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $950,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Although the three-strip Technicolor technique had been used previously in short and animated films and in sequences in feature films, Becky Sharp (1935) was the first feature-length film to use the three-strip Technicolor process, which created a separate film register for each of the three primary colors, for the entirety of the film. See more » |
| Goofs | 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Young Molly Who Lives at the Foot of the Hill See more » |
| Quotes |
Becky Sharp:
To think of her going blind at her age and now she can't even recognize acquaintances. These are glass eyes you are wearing, aren't they? Perfect. Perfect. I do hope that they will continue to attract men. See more » |