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Rebecca -- an Academy Award-winning 1940 Movie

Welcome, this lens is about one of my favorite black and white movies, Rebecca, which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I first saw this movie many years ago, and never tire of watching it from time to time. I love the plot, mystery and suspense.

Rebecca The 1940 Movie 

Was nominated for 8 Academy Awards


This movie is a romantic mystery and filled with intrigue, mystery and suspense that cleverly builds to a great climatic ending. The movie plot is about a young innocent woman who weds a wealthy widower and goes to live in his palatial Cornish estate. Her good fortune turns nightmarish, however, when she finds herself haunted by everyone's memory of her husband's first wife, Rebecca. It was after watching this movie several times that I realized how Alfred Hitchcock worked his genius in such a subtle way. The movie never reveals any painting or photograph of Rebecca, but instead Hitchcock lets you--the audience imagine the magnificent beauty of this woman just by the way several characters in the movie describe their memory of her--her exotic beauty, long dark flowing hair, her amazing accomplishments and vital personality. And then in contrast, Hitchcock casts a light of demureness on the young innocent wife by cleverly and very intentionally omitting the young new wife's first name, as she is only addressed as Mrs. De Winter - it was pure genius. Starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders. REBECCA is one of the richest and most romantic movies ever directed by Hitchcock and was his first American-made film. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, including Best Picture. 132 Minutes. B/W 1940.

About Rebecca 

Rebecca is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca is an Academy Award-winning 1940 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project. Its screenplay was an adaptation by Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood from Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name, and was produced by David O. Selznick.. It stars Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as his second wife, and Judith Anderson as his late wife's housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.

The film is a gothic tale about the lingering memory of the title character, which still affects Maxim, his new bride, and Mrs. Danvers long after her death.

Rebecca is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier. When Rebecca was first published in 1938, du Maurier became - to her great surprise - one of the most popular authors of the day. Rebecca is considered to be one of her best works. It was partially inspired by Jane Eyre. Much of the novel was written while she was staying in Alexandria, Egypt where her husband was posted at the time.

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Rebecca Movie Director 

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Movie Director Alfred Hitchcock Sits at Chasen's Bar While Enjoying a Cocktail Hour
Movie Director Alfred Hitchcock Sits at Chasen's Bar While Enjoying a Cocktail Hour


Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13 1899 - April 29 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.

After a very substantial career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and, in 1956, became an American citizen, also retaining his British citizenship.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films, in a career spanning six decades, from the silent era, through the invention of sound films, and far into the colour era. For a complete list of his films, see "Alfred Hitchcock filmography".

As a director, he was among the most consistently recognizable by the general public, and was one of the most successful of his lifetime. He continues to be one of the best-known and most popular filmmakers of all time.

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Joan Fontaine 

Leading Lady

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Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning British actress. She became an American citizen in April 1943. She was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan, the younger daughter of Walter de Havilland, and the former Lilian Augusta Ruse, a British actress known by her stage name of Lilian Fontaine, who married in 1914, and divorced when Joan was two. Walter was a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan. She is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, from whom she has been estranged since 1975; both attended Los Gatos High School and the Notre Dame Convent Roman Catholic girls school in Belmont, California.

Joan was a sickly child who developed anemia following a combined attack of the measles and a streptococcic infection. Upon the advice of a physician, Joan's mother moved her and her sister to the United States where they settled in the town of Saratoga, California.

Joan's health improved dramatically and she was soon taking diction lessons along with her sister. She was also an extremely bright child and scored 160 on an intelligence test when she was three. When she was fifteen, Joan returned to Japan and lived with her father for two years.

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Sir. Laurence Olivier 

Leading Man

Sir Laurence Olivier, British Actor of Stage and Screen
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (; 22 May 1907 - 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer and the recipient of scores of awards. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson.Hodgdon, Barbara. Shakespeare Quarterly, "From the Editor", Fall, 2002 Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. He is generally regarded to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, in the same category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving in their own centuries.Walker, Andrew. BBC News, 22 May 2007 Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable-fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet, and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Additionally, he was a three-time Golden Globe and BAFTA winner.

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Laurence Olivier  

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Judith Anderson 

Supporting Actress

Dame Judith Anderson, (10 February 1897 - 3 January 1992) was an Australian Tony award- and Emmy-winning actress of stage and screen, who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. She is generally regarded by theater critics as the greatest classical actress produced by Australia.
Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson in Adelaide, South Australia to Jessie Margaret and James Anderson-Anderson. She attended Norwood High School, and began acting in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. She established herself as a dramatic actress of note making several appearances in the plays of William Shakespeare.

Anderson made her professional debut as Francee Anderson in 1915 at the age of 17. She played the role of Stephanie at the Theater Royal, Sydney, in A Royal Divorce. Leading the company was the very popular English actor, Julius Knight whom Anderson later credited with laying the foundations of her acting skills. In the company were some American actors who influenced Francee to try her luck in America.

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Own Rebecca The 1940 Movie 

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Rebecca is an ageless, timeless adult movie about a woman who marries a widower but fears she lives in the shadow of her predecessor. This was Hitchcock's first American feature, and it garnered the Best Picture statue at the 1941 Academy Awards. In today's films, most twists and surprises are ridiculous or just gratuitous, so it's sobering to look back on this film where every revelation not only shocks, but makes organic sense with the story line. Laurence Olivier is dashing and weak, fierce and cowed. Joan Fontaine is strong yet submissive, defiant yet accommodating. There isn't a false moment or misstep, but the film must have killed the employment outlook of any women named Danvers for about 20 years. Brilliant stuff. --Keith Simanton

Daphne du Maurier 

Rebecca The Book Author

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE (13 May, 1907-19 April, 1989) () was a famous British author of plays, novels and short stories. Many of her works were adapted into films, such as one of her most famous books, Rebecca, which won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940 for director Alfred Hitchcock, who would later bring her short story, The Birds, onto the big screen.

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Daphne du Maurier  

Rebecca Book Author

The Daphne du Maurier Companion

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Daphne du Maurier is a much-loved author, her writing capturing the imagination in a way that few have been able to equal. Rebecca, her most famous novel, was a huge success on first publication and brought du Maurier international fame. This enduring classic remains hugely popular. In this celebration of Daphne du Maurier's life and achievements, leading writers, critics, and academics discuss the novels, short stories, and biographies that made her one of the most spellbinding and genre-defying authors of her generation. The film versions of her books are also explored. Contributors include Sarah Dunant, Sally Beauman, Margaret Forster, Antonia Fraser ......

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Rebecca Rare Collectibles 

Movies Theater Window Card

A rare Rebecca theater window card print, will make a great addition to any Hitchcock collection! A wonderful tribute to the master of suspense.

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Mrs. de Winter and Mrs. Danvers 

This picture is of a scene from the movie Rebecca, where Mrs. de Winter (left front) and Mrs. Danvers (right behind her) are standing by the bedroom window after the costume ball debacle.

Alfred Hitchcock Movie Collage 

This fantastic collage displays many of the Alfred Hitchcock Classics and is a wonderful tribute to the master of suspense. A great collectible for any Hitchcock fan!

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Daphne du Maurier Links 

Great resources to Daphne Du Maurier's works.

Daphne Du Maurier kimdir,
Du Maurier was born in London (although spending most of her life in her beloved Cornwall), the second of three daughters of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel Beaumont (maternal niece of William Comyns Beaumont).[1] Her grandfather was the author and Punch cartoonist, George du Maurier who created the character of Svengali in the novel Trilby.
Daphne du Maurier Book Reviews
Daphne du Maurier, 1907 - 1989, DBE 1969, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Lady Browning, Bibliography, Festival of Arts and Literature, Conference.
Daphne's unruly passions | By genre | guardian.co.uk Books
Haunting mysteries, wild landscapes, brooding mansions and secret Sapphic desire ... welcome to 100 years of du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier
Book reviews and discussion for real people, by a real person. Du Maurier wrote both short stories and novels. Critics agree that she produced two kinds of works: historical romance and the gothic or psychological thriller. She won the National Book Award in 1938 for Rebecca.

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Alfred Hitchcock Blog Posts 

Bird in case: Rebecca's 1940, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca's 1940, dir. Alfred Hitchcock. ?Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter for the way was barred to me. ...
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Books by Author Daphne du Maurier 

Frenchman's Creek (Virago Modern Classics) by Dame Daphne Du Maurier

Frenchman's Creek (Virago Modern Classics) by Dame Daphne Du Maurier

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Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier by Daphne Du Maurier

Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier by Daphne Du Maurier

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The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier

The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier

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The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier

The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier

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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

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Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier

Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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