Vanity Fair (1932 film)
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Vanity Fair is a modernized adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.-Biography:...

's novel of the same name that was directed by Chester M. Franklin and starred Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles...

. The story is reset in the twentieth century.

Other information

This movie is sometimes said to be Myrna Loy's first ever starring role in a movie, but is not. Myrna Loy's first starring role in a movie was Turn Back the Hours (1928). Her second starring role was Hardboiled Rose
Hardboiled Rose
Hardboiled Rose is a 62-minute part-talkie released by Warner Brothers and starring Myrna Loy, William Collier Jr., and John Miljan.-Plot:...

(1929), and her third starring role was The Jazz Cinderella (1930), making this movie Loy's fourth starring role in a movie.

Cast

  • Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles...

     as Becky Sharp
  • Conway Tearle
    Conway Tearle
    Conway Tearle was an Anglo-American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films.-Early life:...

     as Rawdon Crawley
  • Barbara Kent
    Barbara Kent
    Barbara Kent was a Canadian-born U.S.-based silent film actress. Following the death of Miriam Seegar, she was the last North American actor still alive to have achieved substantial fame during the silent film era as an adult.-Career:Born as Barbara Cloutman in Gadsby, Alberta, to Jullion Curtis...

     as Amelia Sedley
  • Walter Byron as George Osborne
  • Anthony Bushell
    Anthony Bushell
    Anthony Bushell was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He also appeared on and directed various British TV series such as Danger Man.-Early life:...

     as Dobbin
  • Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan was an Australian film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950....

     as Joseph Sedley
  • Montagu Love
    Montagu Love
    Montagu Love , also known as Montague Love, was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.Born Harry Montague Love in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and educated in Great Britain, Love began his career as an artist and military correspondent. His first important job was as a London newspaper...

     as Marquis of Steyne
  • Herbert Bunston
    Herbert Bunston
    Herbert Bunston was a British stage and screen actor. He is probably best remembered for his role as Dr. John Seward in the Broadway and film versions of Dracula....

     as Mr. Sedley
  • Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes was an English film actress. She appeared in over 130 films between 1919 and 1958....

     as Mrs. Sedley
  • Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore . When he was born, Wimbledon was in Surrey. He was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century, appearing with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911...

    as Sir Pitt Crawley
  • Lilyan Irene as Polly
  • Elspeth Dudgeon as Sir Pitt's housekeeper
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