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

Vanity Fair
Scene still taken from The Moving Picture World
Directed by	Charles Kent
Starring	Helen Gardner Leo Delaney Rose E. Tapley
Production company	Vitagraph Studios
Release date	December 19, 1911
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

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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]

The film's screenwriter...[9]

Vitagraph continued making three-reelers based on classic literature throughout the 1910s.[10]

In 1916, The Sun listed Vanity Fair among a group of films that adapted classic literature for the screen.[3]

Notes

References

• Pointer, Michael (1996). Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2960-6.
• Slide, Anthony; Gevinson, Alan (1987). The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company (revised ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2030-7.
• Uricchio, William; Pearson, Roberta E. (1993). Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-04774-X.

External links

• Vanity Fair at IMDb
• Vanity Fair at the British Film Institute
• Vanity Fair at Letterboxd
• Vanity Fair at the Silent Film Still Archive

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