Becky Sharp / a Radio picture ; Pioneer Pictures presents ; a Rouben Mamoulian production ; screen play by Francis Edwards Faragoh ; produced by Kenneth Macgowan ; directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray. Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Based on Thackeray's Vanity fair; screen play from the play "Becky Sharp" by Langdon Mitchell. "The UCLA Film & Television Archive completed its initial restoration of 'Becky Sharp' in 1984. Since then, further improvements have been made, including a 2007 sound upgrade with funding provided by The Film Foundation and laboratory services provided by Audio Mechanics and DJ Audio. In 2017 the Paramount Archives, using the best of almost 50 reels of 35mm film including the original surviving Technicolor 3-strip negatives, 3-strip positives, and prints, preserved this title in 4K at Technicolor Creative Services. Advanced digital tools were used to align the separation elements and clean the image. Sound preservation work was done at Deluxe Audio"--Opening frames Special features: audio commentary by film historian, Jack Theakston; trailers.
Summary:
In the years just preceding Waterloo, best friends Becky and Amelia graduate from Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Girls. The wealthy Amelia invites the penniless Becky into the bosom of her family home while the manipulative Becky plots her climb up the social ladder. Entirely lacking in scruples and unhampered by conscience or morality, Becky ascends to the very pinnacle of society, crushing anyone who stands in her path.
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