Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90535 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-03
• Format: NTSC
• Running time: 78 minutes

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This cinematic adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel stars Myrna Loy in her first starring role. Becky Sharp (Loy) is a woman who wishes to get ahead in life and will not let anything stand in her way. This screen version adds a modern twist to the tale with Sharp using older gentleman to increase her status in society, eventually having everything come crashing down upon her.

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DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION - see review for link
Do not buy! THIS VERSION IS A DVD-R MADE TO ORDER. I don't know why Amazon sells this when "Indecent" is just another working title for the very same 1932 Pre-code film "Vanity Fair" starring Myrna Loy.

This film is still in print and available on dvd for $7.98.
Vanity Fair (1932)

The film is directed by Chester M. Franklin based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. This is one of the Pre-code's that is an absolute joy to watch full of wicked amoral behavior & plunging necklines.

Loy's Becky is much nastier than Miriam Hopkins' version 3 years later in Becky Sharp. Easily you can imagine Jean Harlow or Clara Bow in this role, not the future MGM's Miss Goody Two Shoes; which is who Myrna Loy became. Yes, before Myrna Loy became MGM's Miss Perfect Sweetness America - she was actually an actress!!; which makes her "Vanity Fair" & "Emma" MUST-SEES!
VANITY FAIR was Loy's follow-up film to EMMA, in which she played a bratty and greedy daughter who almost destroys the loyal housekeeper (played by Marie Dressler).


What makes Loy's fallen character so tragic is that she's supposed to be "genteel". Loy is the focus of all scenes & she has many outstanding/memorable scenes, such as the gambling scene in the casino where she tries to steal another woman's winning roulette bet! The more Loy's Becky loses her morality, the more beautiful she gets until she is finally "caught." Watch out for a rather shocking ending.

Myrna Loy is absolutely stunning and gives a very solid performance. If you are at all a Myrna Loy fan; you can't miss out on : Vanity Fair (1932)!