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 of the lower class, and through a series of events manages to ruin her life, and the lives of many other people who love her.
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(USA, 1935, Color, 67 mins, dir. Rouben Mamoulian, with Miriam Hopkins & Cedric Hardwicke) (#11555)