Vanity Fair (1911 film)

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).

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:


 * Helen Gardner as Becky Sharpe
 * William V. Ranous as Lord Steyne
 * Harry Northrup as Rawdon Crawley
 * Alec B. Francis as Pitt Crawley
 * John Bunny as Jos Sedley
 * Leo Delaney as George Osborne
 * Tefft Johnson as Captain Dobbin
 * Kate Price as Miss Crawley
 * William Shea as Sir Pitt Crawley
 * Charles Kent as John Sedley
 * B. F. Clinton as Mrs. Sedley
 * Rose E. Tapley as Amelia Sedley

Production
The Moving Picture World reported in October 1911 that the film was nearly completed. The film was directed by Charles Kent.

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

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

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