Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

80 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 1915

"Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.

Vanity Fair

80 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 1915

Vanity Fair
"Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
Producers Edison Manufacturing Company
Original title Vanity Fair
Directors Harry Jay Smith, Oscar W. Forster, Eugene Nowland, Charles Brabin
Writers Charles Sumner Williams, William Makepeace Thackeray

Cast

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

Maurice Steuart

as George Sedley Osborne

Helen Strickland

as Lady Steyne

Philip Quinn

as Napoleon

John Sturgeon

as Major O'Dowd

Arthur Row

as Pitt Crawley

Mrs. Westerley

as Miss Pinkerton

Mrs. Austin Brown

as Mrs. Sedley

Alice Grey

as Miss Jemima Pinkerton

Charles Sutton

as Mr. Sedley

Florence Stover

as Lady Crawley

Mrs. G.M. Clarke

as Martha Crawley

Lena Davril

as Miss Swartz

George D. Melville

as Duke of Wellington

Jessie Stevens

as Mrs. O'Dowd

William Wirth

as Rawdon Crawley, Jr.

Frank A. Lyons

as Lord Crawley