In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.
Cinematography
Those ballroom scenes will make your eyeballs weep with joy.
Costume
Every gown is a Technicolor scream for attention.
Acting
Miriam Hopkins serves cunning with a side of chaos.
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
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
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
William Dobbin
Leonard Mudie
Tarquin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This wasn't just first—Technicolor was so new that Mamoulian literally invented lighting techniques on set because nobody knew how to shoot it.
The original cut ran 87 minutes; three minutes of saucy material got axed by censors, including a more explicit implication of what Becky traded for that green dress.
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