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Vanity Fair
Overview
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Director and cast
- Charles Brabin Director
- Eugene Nowland Director
- Minnie Maddern Fiske as Becky Sharp
- Shirley Mason as Becky Sharp - as a child
- Yale Benner as Rakedell Sharp
- Helen Fulton as Amelia Sedley
- William Wadsworth as Joseph Sedley
- Richard Tucker as George Osborne
- Robert Brower as Mr. Osborne
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Captain William Dobbin
- Bigelow Cooper as Rawdon Crawley
- George A. Wright as Lord Steyne
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