Vanity Fair

"Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.

Drama

Minnie Maddern Fiske

(Becky Sharp)

Shirley Mason

(Becky Sharp - as a child)

Yale Benner

(Rakedell Sharp)

Helen Fulton

(Amelia Sedley)

William Wadsworth

(Joseph Sedley)

Richard Tucker

(George Osborne)

Robert Brower

(Mr. Osborne)

Frank McGlynn Sr.

(Captain William Dobbin)

Bigelow Cooper

(Rawdon Crawley)

George A. Wright

(Lord Steyne)

Maurice Steuart

(George Sedley Osborne)

Helen Strickland

(Lady Steyne)

Philip Quinn

(Napoleon)

John Sturgeon

(Major O'Dowd)

Arthur Row

(Pitt Crawley)

Mrs. Westerley

(Miss Pinkerton)

Mrs. Austin Brown

(Mrs. Sedley)

Alice Grey

(Miss Jemima Pinkerton)

Charles Sutton

(Mr. Sedley)

Florence Stover

(Lady Crawley)

Mrs. G.M. Clarke

(Martha Crawley)

Lena Davril

(Miss Swartz)

George D. Melville

(Duke of Wellington)

Jessie Stevens

(Mrs. O'Dowd)

William Wirth

(Rawdon Crawley, Jr.)

Frank A. Lyons

(Lord Crawley)