Rebecca (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Producer(s) | David O. Selznick |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, England, Husband Wife, Psychological Thrillers, Romance (Drama) |
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Rebecca Overview:
Rebecca (1940) was a Drama - Mystery Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Daphne du Maurier published in 1938.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Joan Fontaine | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judith Anderson | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Lyle Wheeler | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | George Barnes | Won |
| Best Director | Alfred Hitchcock | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Hal C. Kern | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Franz Waxman | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Selznick International Pictures | Won |
| Best Writing | Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Classic Conversations: Two Award-Winning Costume Designers Re-Imagine ‘Rebecca’ and ‘West Side Story’
By Danny Miller on Nov 14, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub BlogAs classic movie lovers, we can be a very sensitive group when it comes to messing with our favorites. Even movies that seem to get a new version for each successive generation get severely criticized by those of us who are devotees of the originals. While Lady Gaga received a lot of acclaim... Read full article
book: Ghostwalk (2007) by Rebecca Stott
By John Grant on Aug 7, 2019 From NoirishA modern-day mystery rooted in the history of science — specifically in Isaac Newton’s Cambridge career, with the emphasis on his alchemical researches? Oh, yes. As you can imagine, this book had sold itself to me before I was halfway through the blurb’s first paragraph. And I wasn... Read full article
Rebecca Got a Bad Rep
By Judy on Jun 29, 2019 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You**Spoilers abound** Of all the femme fatales on film and in print, Rebecca may top them all. The woman isn?t even alive at the start of the book or the Hitchcock film that resulted from it, yet the narrator of the story is so haunted by her husband?s previous wife (and Du Maurier is so skilled at fr... Read full article
DOUBLE BILL #16: Rebecca (1940) and The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
By Carol Martinheira on Jul 10, 2018 From The Old Hollywood GardenDOUBLE BILL #16: Rebecca (1940) and The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) On July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized I like ghost stories. I like how they can be anything, how they can fit into an array of genres without ever losing themselves. I like the possibil... Read full article
book: Three Weeks Dead (2016) by Rebecca Bradley
By John Grant on Apr 30, 2018 From NoirishThe second of two British crime novellas that I’ve read in a row rounds out April. The book that I started last night after I’d finished this one is just under 600 pages long, so I doubt I’ll have it finished by the beginning of May . . . ===== Software genius Jason Wells recently ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Mrs. de Winter: You knew it! You knew that she wore it, and yet you deliberately suggested I wear it. Why do you hate me? What have I done to you that you should ever hate me so?
Mrs. Danvers: You tried to take her place. You let him marry you. I've seen his face - his eyes. They're the same as those first weeks after she died. I used to listen to him, walking up and down, up and down, all night long, night after night, thinking of her, suffering torture because he lost her!
Mrs. de Winter: I don't want to know, I don't want to know!
Mrs. Danvers: You thought you could be Mrs. de Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers! But she's too strong for you. You can't fight her - no one ever got the better of her. Never, never. She was beaten in the end, but it wasn't a man, it wasn't a woman. It was the sea!
Mrs. de Winter: Oh, stop it! Stop it! Oh, stop it!
Mrs. Danvers: [opening the shutters] You're overwrought, madam. I've opened a window for you. A little air will do you good. Why don't you go? Why don't you leave Manderley? He doesn't need you... he's got his memories. He doesn't love you, he wants to be alone again with her. You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you? Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on. Go on. Don't be afraid...
'Maxim' de Winter: I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
'Maxim' de Winter: You thought I loved Rebecca? You thought that? I hated her!
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Facts about
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 6, 1950 with Laurence Olivier reprising his film role.
In the scripting process, Alfred Hitchcock made lots of changes with the novel's character "Mrs. Danvers." Hitchcock made her much younger and did not reveal her past.
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