The original 1940 credits read "Selznick International presents its picturization of Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca'".
United States While Selznick was preoccupied by Although Selznick insisted that the film be faithful to the novel, Hitchcock did make some other changes, though not as many as he had made in a previously rejected screenplay, in which he altered virtually the entire story. English Alfred Hitchcock's first Hollywood film and the only Hitchcock feature to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Rebecca is one of those films that holds up wonderfully across repeat viewings. Mrs. de Winter confronts Danvers about this but Danvers tells her she can never take Rebecca's place and almost persuades her to jump to her death. During a heated argument, she fell, struck her head and died.
To conceal the truth, Maxim took the body out in a boat, which he then scuttled and identified another body as Rebecca's. New York Times March 3, 1946: X3. A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. Filmmaker :: kogonada tweets at @kogonada and tumbles at missingozu.tumblr.com.
His films are filled with food and eating motifs, from th… Hitchcock’s women are brave, gutsy, sensual, complicated, obsessive, and especially sympathetic. His films are sometimes considered misogynistic because of the way the women are seemingly punished, yet he takes the female point of view in many of his films including Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946) and The Birds (1963).
Daphne Du Maurier (celebrated novel), Maxim de Winter (Sir Laurence Olivier), still troubled by the death of his first wife Rebecca, falls in love with a shy ladies' companion.
Leanne Shapton’s Top Philip MacDonald (adaptation), In the novel, Mrs. Danvers is something of a jealous mother figure, and her past is mentioned in the book. This is a Daphne Du Maurier's story (from a best-seller novel) concerning a prominent widower (Laurence Olivier) called Maxim De Winter who finds a gorgeous and timid young girl (Joan Fontaine) who is serving to an old Mistress (Florence Bates) .
Donn Hayes Production company Selznick International Pictures Distributed byUnited Artists Release date March 21, 1940 April 12, 1940 Running time 130 min… Hailed as one the iconic filmmaker’s best works, Rebecca took home Oscars for Best Picture and Best Cinematography. Please try again later.
At that moment, however the alarm is raised because a sunken boat has been found with Rebecca's body in it. Netflix’s adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca offers a first look at the upcoming romantic thriller.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
They are married and head to Manderley , the familiar mansion (in the exterior actually is a scale model).
Maxim now confesses to his new wife that his first marriage had been a sham from the start when Rebecca had declared that she had no intention of keeping to her vows but would just pretend to be the perfect wife and hostess for the sake of appearances. Maxim takes his new bride back to Manderley, his grand mansion by the sea in south-western England, dominated by its housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Eventually, her constant reminders of Rebecca's glamour and sophistication convince the new Mrs. de Winter that Maxim is still in love with his first wife, which could explain his irrational outbursts of anger.
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The credits on the re-issue version read "The Selznick Studio presents its production of Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca'".
Rebecca Critics Consensus. When Mrs. Danvers draws open the draperies in Rebecca's room, she tugs very slightly at the draw cord causing the huge drapes to open several feet. They get married, but the second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) discovers that Rebecca still has a strong hold on everyone in the house, particularly on Mrs. Danvers (Dame Judith Anderson), the housekeeper, who begins driving the young wife to madness. A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. On casting, Selznick and Hitchcock were in closer agreement.