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Becky Sharp is a 1935 American Technicolor historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Other supporting cast were William Faversham, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray .
Becky Sharp: Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. With Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke. Against the backdrop of Napoleon's Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.
A novel by William Makepeace Thackeray inspired this tale of a ruthless woman's rise and fall in English society.
Mar 16, 2021 · 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"...
In the tradition of gold digger dramas of the '30s, Becky Sharp (1935) is an often scandalous portrait of a conniving social climber obsessed with rising to the top by whatever means necessary. Loosely modeled on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair, Becky Sharp was a ground breaking film for its time. The film inaugurated full three ...
In the episodic fashion of 19th-century serial fiction, the film follows Becky's steady climb up the social ladder: from graduation at a snobbish boarding school (where she's been a charity case) to an advantageous marriage and ascent to continental aristocracy.
Dec 24, 2020 · Hollywood Classics. 71.8K subscribers. Subscribed. 82. 5.1K views 3 years ago. Watch the 1935 Hollywood classic movie, Becky Sharp. A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected...
