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[[John Hay Whitney|John Hay "Jock" Whitney]] and [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] formed [[Pioneer Pictures]] specifically to produce color films, and signed a contract to release Pioneer films through [[RKO Radio Pictures]].
After producing ''[[La Cucaracha (1934 film)|La Cucaracha]]'', ''Becky Sharp'', and ''[[Dancing Pirate]]'' (1936), the Whitneys and [[David O. Selznick]] formed Selznick International Pictures. Two Selznick International films, ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' and ''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]'' (both 1937), were produced by Selznick, copyrighted by Pioneer Pictures, and released through [[United Artists]] rather than RKO.
[[Lowell Sherman]], the original director, had fallen ill while working on ''[[Night Life of the Gods]]'' before starting ''Becky Sharp'', but had continued to work on the project; he died of double [[pneumonia]] four weeks into production.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Variety|title=Lowell Sherman's Last|date=January 1, 1935|page=2|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety117-1935-01#page/n1/mode/2up/search/%22Lowell+Sherman%22}}</ref>
Future First Lady [[Pat Nixon]], who was a sometimes movie extra while attending college at [[University of Southern California|USC]], had a single spoken line in the film, but it did not make the final edit.
After Sherman's death, [[Rouben Mamoulian]] was brought in to finish the film. Mamoulian did not use any of the footage shot by Sherman, deciding instead to reshoot the entire film.<ref name=AFI>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3647 |title=Becky Sharp: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403034620/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3647 |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=September 2, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref>
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