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On vacation in Monte Carlo, wealthy widower Maxim de Winter (Sir Laurence Olivier) meets a young woman who is working as a lady's companion to Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates). They spend a good deal of time together and it leads to love and marriage.
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Here is an original-release movie poster from Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.
Oct 16, 2020 · Rebecca has been adapted for film (and radio, and theatre) countless times, the most famous one, of course, being Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 version, starring Laurence Olivier as Maxim, Joan Fontaine as Mrs. De Winter, and Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers (the housekeeper who remains loyal to the dead Rebecca).
Romance becomes psychodrama in the elegantly crafted Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s first foray into Hollywood filmmaking. A dreamlike adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel, the film stars the enchanting Joan Fontaine as a young woman who believes she has found her heart’s desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim ...
Hitchcock's first American film (and his only Best Picture winner), Rebecca is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere, Gothic thrills, and gripping suspense. Read Critics Reviews
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Even though Alfred Hitchcock, discussing Rebecca with the great François Truffaut, labeled the film as “not a Hitchcock picture” due to its alleged lack of humor, it’s still by and large a truly Hitchcockian piece of art.
