浮华世界

◎片长84Mins<br>◎导演鲁宾·马莫利安RoubenMamoulian<br>洛威·舍曼LowellSherman....4(uncredited;startedfilm,died,replacedbyRoubenMamoulian)<br>◎主演米利亚姆·霍普金斯MiriamHopkins....BeckySharp<br>弗朗西丝·迪伊FrancesDee....AmeliaSedley<br>塞德里克·哈德威克CedricHardwicke....MarquisofSteyne<br>碧莉·伯克BillieBurke....LadyBareacres<br>AlisonSkipworth....MissCrawley<br>尼格尔·布鲁斯NigelBruce....JosephSedley<br>AlanMowbray....RawdonCrawley<br>G.P.Huntley....GeorgeOsborne(asG.P.HuntleyJr.)<br>WilliamStack....PittCrawley<br>GeorgeHassell....SirPittCrawley<br>WilliamFaversham....DukeofWellington<br>CharlesRichman....Gen.Tufto<br>DorisLloyd....DuchessofRichmond<br>ColinTapley....Capt.WilliamDobbin<br>LeonardMudie....Tarquin<br>MayBeatty....MissBriggs(MissCrawley'sservant)<br>CharlesColeman....Bowles<br>BunnyBeatty....LadyBlanche<br>FinisBarton....MissFlowery<br>OlafHytten....ThePrinceRegent<br>PaulineGaron....Fifine<br>James'Hambone'Robinson....Sedley'sblackpageboy<br>ElspethDudgeon....MissPinkerton<br>TempePigott....TheCharwoman<br>OttolaNesmith....LadyJaneCrawley<br>JoanArnold....Girl(uncredited)<br>BillieBellport....Girl(uncredited)<br>Mrs.LeslieCarter....Woman(uncredited)<br>MargaretDee....Younggirl(uncredited)<br>GastonGlass....Britishofficer(uncredited)<br>CreightonHale....Britishofficer(uncredited)<br>StuartHall....(uncredited)<br>KeithHitchcock....Britishofficer(uncredited)<br>ViolaMoore....Laura(girlatschool)(uncredited)<br>PatNixon....Ballroomdanceextra(uncredited)<br>C.MontagueShaw....Britishnobleman(uncredited)<br>ReginaldSheffield....UndeterminedRole(uncredited)<br>PatSomerset....Britishofficer(uncredited)<br><br>◎简介<br>SetagainstthebackgroundoftheBattleofWaterloo,BeckySharpisthestoryofVanityFairbyThackeray.BeckyandAmeliaaregirlsatschooltogether,butBeckyisfroma"showbiz"family,orinotherwords,verylowclass.BeckymanagestoinsinuateherselfinAmelia'sfamilyandgetstoknowalltheirfriends.Fromthispossiblyauspicious-beginning,shemanagestoruinherownlife,becomingsick,broke,andlonely,andalsoruinsthelivesofmanyother"lovedones".InthemoviewegettoseetheclassdistinctionsinEnglandatthetime,andgetasenseofwhatitwaslikefortheEnglishmilitaryatthetimeoftheNapoleonicwars.<br>IntheyearsjustprecedingWaterloo,bestfriendsAmeliaSedley(FrancesDee)andBeckySharp(MiriamHopkins)graduatefromMissPinkerton'sAcademyforGirls.ThewealthyAmeliainvitesthepennilessBeckyintothebosomofherfamilyhomewhilethemanipulativeBeckyplotsherclimbupthesocialladder.Entirelylackinginscruplesandunhamperedbyconscienceormorality,Beckyascendstotheverypinnacleofsociety,crushinganyonewhostandsinherpath.<br>SetagainstthebackdropoftheNapoleonicWars,RoubenMamoulian'sadaptationofThackeray'sepicnovelVanityFairwasthefirstfilmtobeproducedinthreestripTechnicolor.