i love the thackeray novel on which this film is based. and while this modern version of becky sharp story is a b film and the casting of loy and in her first top billed role and is rather fascinating. before loy became mgm reigning good girl in scores of genteel and comic roles and she was an actress. vanity fair was loy follow up film to emma and in which she played a snotty and greedy daughter who almost destroys the loyal housekeeper (marie dressler). loy becky is much nastier than miriam hopkins version 3 years later in becky sharp. loy becky is very much a pre code film character with her plunging necklines and amoral ways. it the type of character that jean harlow or clara bow could easily have played and but becky here is still supposed to be of the genteel set. that what makes her fallen character so tragic. in counterpoint to loy grasping becky is the goody goody amelia (barbara kent) who is just not an interesting character. mary forbes is icily good as mrs. sedley. most of the other actors in this version are pretty blah represent conway tearle as rawdon while walter byron as osborne while anthony bushell as dobbin. others are nearly dickensian is their quirkiness represent billy bevan as joseph while lionel belmore as crawley while montagu love as the marquis while lilyan irene as polly the maid while elspeth dudgeon as the housekeeper. loy is front and center throughout. while the ending is rather shocking and she has several excellent scenes and such as the gambling scene in the casino where she tries to steal another woman winning roulette bet. the more loy becky descends morally and the more beautiful she gets until she is finally caught. bottom line here is that this is a very solid performance by loy in a film that should be seen. 
i love the thackeray novel on which this film is based. and while this modern version of becky sharp story is a b film and the casting of loy and in her first top billed role and is rather fascinating. before loy became mgm reigning good girl in scores of genteel and comic roles and she was an actress. vanity fair was loy follow up film to emma and in which she played a snotty and greedy daughter who almost destroys the loyal housekeeper (marie dressler). loy becky is much nastier than miriam hopkins version 3 years later in becky sharp. loy becky is very much a pre code film character with her plunging necklines and amoral ways. it the type of character that jean harlow or clara bow could easily have played and but becky here is still supposed to be of the genteel set. that what makes her fallen character so tragic. in counterpoint to loy grasping becky is the goody goody amelia (barbara kent) who is just not an interesting character. mary forbes is icily good as mrs. sedley. most of the other actors in this version are pretty blah represent conway tearle as rawdon while walter byron as osborne while anthony bushell as dobbin. others are nearly dickensian is their quirkiness represent billy bevan as joseph while lionel belmore as crawley while montagu love as the marquis while lilyan irene as polly the maid while elspeth dudgeon as the housekeeper. loy is front and center throughout. while the ending is rather shocking and she has several excellent scenes and such as the gambling scene in the casino where she tries to steal another woman winning roulette bet. the more loy becky descends morally and the more beautiful she gets until she is finally caught. bottom line here is that this is a very solid performance by loy in a film that should be seen. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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