‘Becky Sharp,’ first three-strip Technicolor movie, opens in New York City 80 years ago today (June 13 1935)

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Video: 'Becky Sharp (1935)'

(Thursday, June 13, 1935) — Becky Sharp, the first movie photographed in “three-strip” Technicolor, opened today at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, the film starred Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, Frances Dee and Cedric Hardwicke.