Vanity Fair (1911 film)

Vanity Fair
Scene still taken from The Moving Picture World
Directed byCharles Kent
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • December 19, 1911 (1911-12-19)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Vanity Fair is a 1911 silent film adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name. Produced by Vitagraph Studios, it was one of the company's first three-reel productions, along with A Tale of Two Cities (1911).

Plot

Becky Sharpe charms Jos Sedley

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Cast

Vanity Fair reportedly made use of Vitagraph's entire company of stock players. The following cast members are named by The Moving Picture World:[2]

Production

The Moving Picture World reported in October 1911 that the film was nearly completed.[4][5][6] The film was directed by Charles Kent.[7]

Release and reception

The film was released on December 19, 1911.[8] In contrast to A Tale of Two Cities (1911), all three reels of Vanity Fair were released on the same day.[6]

According to The Moving Picture World, the film "comes nearer to being a flawless adaptation than anything else that has appeared in moving pictures".[2]

Vitagraph continued making three-reelers based on classic literature throughout the 1910s.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "Licensed Film Stories: Vanity Fair". The Moving Picture World. December 16, 1911. p. 920.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews of Notable Films: 'Vanity Fair' (Vitagraph)". The Moving Picture World. December 16, 1911. pp. 886–87.
  3. ^ "Classics of Fiction Being Popularized by the Movies". The Sun. New York. May 28, 1916. Sec. 4, p. 7.
  4. ^ "Vitagraph Doings". The Moving Picture World. October 7, 1911. p. 47.
  5. ^ "Working Far Ahead". The Moving Picture World. October 21, 1911. p. 194.
  6. ^ a b Slide & Gevinson 1987, p. 61.
  7. ^ "Vanity Fair (1911) | BFI". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 1, 2018.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ Slide & Gevinson 1987, p. 208.
  9. ^ Slide & Gevinson 1987, p. 82.

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