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). Plot 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". The film's screenwriter... Vitagraph continued making three-reelers based on classic literature throughout the 1910s. In 1916, The Sun listed Vanity Fair among a group of films that adapted classic literature for the screen. Notes References External links Vanity Fair at the British Film Institute Vanity Fair at Letterboxd Vanity Fair at the Silent Film Still Archive 1911 films American black-and-white films American silent short films Films based on Vanity Fair (novel) Vitagraph Studios films 1910s American films