I don' get it....which part of the sentence "I know there is Rebecca laying on the cabin floor, because I put her there" indicates that he still loves Rebecca? I love the movie but I have the feeling that the order of these sentences should be different....like first "i hated her"...then "I killed her"...I love this film, but I don't get the logic here.
@brgvt97 Oh definitely Danvers! She gives me goosebumps. I think you could easily bamboozle Mrs Dudley, she doesn't strike me as the scheming type. The Haunting is one of my all time favourite films, it still scares me to this day. I like to watch it alone very late at night with the lights out 'cos I'm odd like that, same with Night of the Demon and City of the Dead. Every Halloween without fail......triple bill!
@TheMoodyGuru I agree. Mrs. Dudley is spooky/creepy, but she does smile at one point in the movie. I don't think Mrs. Danvers smiles ever. I watch The Haunting with the lights out, also. I also watch The Innocents (1961), The Changeling (1980), and The Legend of Hell House (1973) with the lights out. All are great movies. Have you seen them?
@brgvt97 Nope, nope and nope. But I just Googled the trailers for them and can see myself having an all out binge at Amazon verrrrry soon! I'm surprised The Innocents slipped by me, I love Deborah Kerr. She was brilliant in Black Narcissus. I'm a bit of a Powell/Pressburger nut actually. By the way, for a real cheese & ham pizza you really need to see Theatre Of Blood with Vincent Price, also 1973. First time I saw it it was listed in the TV guide as 'Theatre Of Blonde'. Oh how I laughed :-)
@TheMoodyGuru You're in for a treat, because I think you'll like those movies I mentioned. I bought The Innocents and The Legend of Hell House through Amazon. I bought The Changeling at FYE. I'll check out Theatre of Blood. Thanks for the recommendation.
OH MAAAAAAN. That moment where Maxim confesses with resolute indifference and calmness, and then turns to Mrs. De Winter and says "will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?" and everything that needs to be said and everything Maxim has done and has endured is there in his eyes -- Laurence Olivier's genius in all its glory. What an actor.
Mrs. Danvers is under the belief that Rebecca had Drowned and that Maxim was terribly in love with Rebecca "night after night, walking up and down"-- when it turned out the "walking up and down" was Maxim pacing in delirium after he murdered Rebecca. Danvers was neurotic, but she was keeping maxim faithful and devoted to his first wife. But is he to be doomed to a life of misery all alone?
9.28.... you know, if she had asked more questions and stopped being so ignorantly silent, she might have avoided so much!
also...in the book. Maxim Shot rebecca and killed her intentionally. I don't blame him, rebecca provoked him, and as we hear at the end, with good reason.
Normally, I hate to see a film before reading the book it is based off of. With Rebecca, though, it was different. Surprisingly, when I realized that there was a "Rebecca" book, and I read it, I was really happy that I'd seen the movie first! :) Joan and Laurence and the others had all done such a wonderful job in the film, that I loved being able to picture them as the characters while reading the book. (And it's such a wonderful book, too... :) )
Great scene from s great movie. Mrs Danvers is played by Judith Anderson. She was originally an Australian and I can detect a faint trace of Australian intonation in her voice. Without her malicious and menacing role, Rebecca would not have been as great as it is.
uhhh I just read the book and I have to say, this is not what I expected from the movie. There is just something about the charaters Max and Mrs. Danvers that make me cring.
The woman who played Mrs. Danvers did very well, but i think she looks a little young compared to how they made it seem in the book. She def. nailed the creepy part though.
@rosesfororion oh yes, indeed. Judith Anderson was a class actress of her time. I've just seen her in great roles, like Big Momma in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
If thats the woman who played Mrs Danvers, Absolutely. She is chilling and I hate her. Brilliant acting. I cant stand what she done to the new Mrs De Winter. She is so unbelievably nice and sweet.
Saaame, i'm so in love with Joan Fontaine. <3, i'm a bit obsessed with her at the moment lol.
I'm glad they changed the way Rebecca died. I mean, I personally would not be relieved if I found out my husband had shot his previous wife, no matter how much of a bitch she was supposed to have been. It's much more...modern...that de Winter 2 would stand by Max knowing he killed his wife by accident, as opposed to murdering her.
@toothbrush55 They changed the ending for the movie because at the time Hollywood couldn't show a murderer not being pusnished for the crime. I always felt that the second Mrs De Winter for all her meekness felt elated that her husband hated Rebecca enough to kill her. Then there was no doubt and also knowing the secret gave her finally some power in a relationship where she had had none previously.
@toothbrush55 that's not the reason the cause of death was changed, though. Hitcock would not have been allowed to put out a movie where a murderer gets away without any sort of punishment. The way the first Mrs. DeWinter died had to change in order to please the audience in 1940, not to make it more "Modern". Hitchcock would have been more than happy to leave Mr. DeWinter a murderer.
In the musical as well, (or at least in our Hungarian version) Rebecca fell and hit her head while having a quarrell with Maxim - Max pushed her, she hit her head and died. (there is a song where Maxim tells the story)
Oh yes. There are some moments in life one can call-up verbatum from memory. I had just come on duty that afternoon. I walked into my office there at The Westwood Marquis, picked up the ringing phone,and heard on the other end this VOICE, intoning, "This is Lord Olivier in the Penthouse". And promptly went into shock. A friend of mine reminded me later that I had the semi-surrealistic experience of describing to his "Lordship" what a "Reuben Sandwich" was!
"it was MONOGRAMMED! How else you did you think, you IDIOT?! - Simple, simple girl. Now, stop gawking and make yourself useful, as Mrs. De Winter would have known what to do!"
Thank you for putting this up Bront. I've always had mixed feelings about this movie. Just sad. It's interesting that when you're young you don't think these kind of situations didn't exhist. You find out when you're older that people just hid them. Like a wild woman like Rebecca. Now we know that people are born all the time without consciences. Serial killers, etc. After watching this again, I keep wondering what a young girl would fall in love with. A depressed middle aged man?
True, in the book she's said to have straight hair, so she wears a wig to get those perfect ringlets. It's also true that a whole night has passed when she arrives to the beach. In the book it's a much longer time, though.
Does anyone else think that there is something slightly sensual about the scene in the first 2.20 minutes? As if Mrs Danvers is almost pretending that the 2nd Mrs De Winter is Rebecca, in a really depraved way?
This is going to drive me mad- I am writing an essay on this very scene and I have watched it about 50 times again and again, brilliant scene though, Hitchcock is an absolute genius.
Here's a cute story that has nothing to do with "Rebecca": Years ago, I worked in the room service department of a luxury hotel in Westwood,Ca. One afternoon, after just checking-in, I picked-up the phone in the office and on the other-end, a voice:
"This is Lord Olivier in the Penthouse". He was staying there with his son whose name, like mine, was also Richard. On that occasion, I had the rather bizarre experience of explaining to LAURENCE OLIVIER what the contents of a "Reuben Sandwich" was!
@TheOobster He liked everybody to call him "Larry." He probably said what he did because if he'd said "this is Larry in the penthouse," nobody would have known who was speaking.
No. Danvers thought Maxim was crazy about Rebecca. I suggest curling up with a glass of wine and picking up that book again! :D I must have read it about 5 times. Don't ask how many I've seen this movie.
You think so? I think she's misunderstood. She brought up Rebecca since she was a child, she was like a mother to her. And it hurts her to see someone else take her place. In the book she's much more emotional and cries at least three times. If we heard the story through her persepctive, perhaps we'd think differently of her.
that may be so, but we find out in the story that Rebecca was a dispicable charactor, why would Mrs Danvers love her unless she herself was a similar person? If she is similar to Rebecca, then she doesn't deserve so much sympathy
The only point of view of Rebecca we really know in detail, is Maxim's. We see Rebecca through mainly his eyes, to him Rebecca was a monster. To Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca was someone to look up to. Rebecca had good qualities too- she was a leader, she was smart, independant, stylish, charming, funny, and very organized. If you think about it, she was everything Mrs. Danvers wasn't. Mrs. Danvers was dull, plain, unattractive, and not funny or charming.
Max hated Rebecca, Ben, the slow witted man who hung around the cabin didn't like her, she was cruel to him. Crawley, the man who managed the estate did not like her. Maybe you are right about Mrs Danvers not being like her, but even in envying her, you have to wonder about Danver's charactor. Why would someone envy someone who was cold and cruel, even if she did have some attractive superficial qualities? So do serial killers have their good points.
Mrs. Danvers was blinded with all of Rebecca's admirable qualitties. And let's face it, she's not very sane. But unless we were to hear the story from Rebecca's point of view, I don't see how we could be so firmly believe that she was, without a doubt, a terrible person. I never thought Rebecca was kind, but maybe she was troubled. Guess it just has to do with opinion.
The writer had everyone who knew Rebecca disliking her, except for the only other 2 unlikable characters, Mrs. Danvers, & Favell, an alcoholic womanizing blackmailer. Thats where U got my opinion. The whole point of the novel was the finding out about her unsavory character, & the second Mrs De Winter finally seeing the truth is the main turning point, the anticlimax of the story - If there was a different side to R, the writer would have made it part of the story. Or written a "Rebecca 2"
The writer, sympathized with Rebecca, she said so once herslef. But aside from the characters we get to know, everyone else "loved Rebecca". The writer does not have to write another book to follow Rebecca just to get her point across. It's left up to the reader to concluded what her or she thinks Rebecca was like.
Naturally, she loved Rebecca because she stood for everything she couldn't. We never get to see Rebecca in person, we only know her through the words and acts of others. So we can't really judge her then. She- like many other "horrible" characters in movies, could very well be misunderstood.
Did you read the book? The book made it quite clear that rebecca was not a nice person, Rebecca herself laughed in Max's face on the cliff in Monte Carlo 4 days after they were married, when she told him all about herself. Favil, who was Rebecca's dearest friend when she was alive, was a total lowlife....Birds of a feather flock together....Mrs Danvers may have loved and missed Rebecca, but that did not give her the right to be cruel.
we also need to consider the time period of the story, Rebecca may have been troubled...but back in 1938 people were responsible for their actions, we didn't have the mentality where everything we do can be traced back to our parents being mean to us etc. Only recently has being troubled become an acceptable excuse for evil behavior. I think the author's depiction of Rebecca can b taken at face value, with no hidden meanings. Interesting how people can see things so differently.
It is interesting, but I've never been one to follow the general idea of people. I try to find the deeper meaning. That may be true, but we certainley have the mentality now, and I refuse to conclude Rebecca as a horrible devil without getting to know her personally. I don't want to add up a totally inaccurate conclusion based on a bunch of stray facts about her. I believe there's more to Rebecca than what we get to know. We'll never know her true story and so I would like to stick with my idea.
there is another book which was written as a follow up to rebecca called rebecca's tale which is about her when she was alive i think. you may consider reading that to decide yourself about her but its not by the same author so the real intended character may not be portrayd properly.
Yes she did. She says so in the book and the book is the original thing, not the movie. She raised her and moved with her to Manderely when Rebecca wed Maxim.
Yeach. He knew how evil she was. Doesn't that kinda creep you out? How people who seem to have the perfect life can be evil. How did evil come into the world?
(7:57) "Would you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?" Maxim, you could murder a hundred Rebeccas for all I care and I'd say I LOVE YOU!
YT showed as if your "the best comment for this movie" was an answer to my comment... (It appeared in this thread at 1st, and YT sent me a message on about your comment)
looks like this youtube program has problem to put posts to where they belong... lol
well, olivier did make mr. de winter such an attractive man (esp. to women:), however, in the book, i believe he didn't appear to be such a character. i think the book is all about the psychological conflict between current and previous mrs. de winter. it is absolutely my favorite book ever.
Is it just me, or this is Hitchcocks most beautiful masterpiece?
megalomaniiiia 4 weeks ago 2
anne massey was a much better Mrs. Danvers. i DO NOT like this version of REBECCA
AlliyaandRaza 2 months ago
I hated maxim in the book and now after seeing the movie, i hate him even more.
MsMollymoo22 2 months ago
when you're not into this, you're just not into it. its' stupid that she feels so helpless. it doesn't make sense.
mern9 2 months ago
Mrs. Danvers is a vampire.
WyattsFreakinChannel 4 months ago 2
what a twist!
Shurekien 4 months ago
what the fuck mrs danvers is the biggest psycho out!
omgwenzilla 4 months ago 3
5 people don't like to be bored
PoppinLikeOrvil1 6 months ago
that evil witch! she should jump outa window!
hotinto 6 months ago
why don't they kiss? they're supposed to kiss!
CNicole2014 6 months ago
I don' get it....which part of the sentence "I know there is Rebecca laying on the cabin floor, because I put her there" indicates that he still loves Rebecca? I love the movie but I have the feeling that the order of these sentences should be different....like first "i hated her"...then "I killed her"...I love this film, but I don't get the logic here.
Is there anyone, who does?
bathoryeszter 8 months ago
I would not be surprised if Cloris Leachman used Mrs. Danvers as a model for her role as Frau Blücher in Mel Brooks' Frankenstein.
shanghaibenny2 8 months ago
3 people with mental problems....
davidperi 8 months ago
go on...go on... don't be afraid...
whoah who would not freak out with those devilish words!?
zenith0000006 8 months ago 4
Mrs. Danvers reminds me of Mrs. Dudley in The Haunting (1963).
brgvt97 9 months ago
@brgvt97 "In the night.....in the dark!!"
TheMoodyGuru 5 months ago
@TheMoodyGuru Exactly. Who's creepier, Mrs. Danvers or Mrs. Dudley?
brgvt97 5 months ago
@brgvt97 Oh definitely Danvers! She gives me goosebumps. I think you could easily bamboozle Mrs Dudley, she doesn't strike me as the scheming type. The Haunting is one of my all time favourite films, it still scares me to this day. I like to watch it alone very late at night with the lights out 'cos I'm odd like that, same with Night of the Demon and City of the Dead. Every Halloween without fail......triple bill!
TheMoodyGuru 5 months ago
@TheMoodyGuru I agree. Mrs. Dudley is spooky/creepy, but she does smile at one point in the movie. I don't think Mrs. Danvers smiles ever. I watch The Haunting with the lights out, also. I also watch The Innocents (1961), The Changeling (1980), and The Legend of Hell House (1973) with the lights out. All are great movies. Have you seen them?
brgvt97 5 months ago
@brgvt97 Nope, nope and nope. But I just Googled the trailers for them and can see myself having an all out binge at Amazon verrrrry soon! I'm surprised The Innocents slipped by me, I love Deborah Kerr. She was brilliant in Black Narcissus. I'm a bit of a Powell/Pressburger nut actually. By the way, for a real cheese & ham pizza you really need to see Theatre Of Blood with Vincent Price, also 1973. First time I saw it it was listed in the TV guide as 'Theatre Of Blonde'. Oh how I laughed :-)
TheMoodyGuru 5 months ago
@TheMoodyGuru You're in for a treat, because I think you'll like those movies I mentioned. I bought The Innocents and The Legend of Hell House through Amazon. I bought The Changeling at FYE. I'll check out Theatre of Blood. Thanks for the recommendation.
brgvt97 5 months ago
@brgvt97 No worries! :-)
TheMoodyGuru 5 months ago
Of course, in the book he really *did* kill Rebecca. No excuses like in the movie.
MissMortViolette 9 months ago 3
my god that maid is just pure evil! >-<
Seryth91 10 months ago
OH MAAAAAAN. That moment where Maxim confesses with resolute indifference and calmness, and then turns to Mrs. De Winter and says "will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?" and everything that needs to be said and everything Maxim has done and has endured is there in his eyes -- Laurence Olivier's genius in all its glory. What an actor.
chocolateapple 10 months ago 4
Mrs. Danvers is under the belief that Rebecca had Drowned and that Maxim was terribly in love with Rebecca "night after night, walking up and down"-- when it turned out the "walking up and down" was Maxim pacing in delirium after he murdered Rebecca. Danvers was neurotic, but she was keeping maxim faithful and devoted to his first wife. But is he to be doomed to a life of misery all alone?
MrShaun42088 10 months ago
Every one has a Rebecca in one's own mind. It's the beauty of this film.
4u4mi 11 months ago 6
every one has a Rebecca in their own mind. It's the beauty of this film.
4u4mi 11 months ago
9.28.... you know, if she had asked more questions and stopped being so ignorantly silent, she might have avoided so much!
also...in the book. Maxim Shot rebecca and killed her intentionally. I don't blame him, rebecca provoked him, and as we hear at the end, with good reason.
MrShaun42088 11 months ago
Normally, I hate to see a film before reading the book it is based off of. With Rebecca, though, it was different. Surprisingly, when I realized that there was a "Rebecca" book, and I read it, I was really happy that I'd seen the movie first! :) Joan and Laurence and the others had all done such a wonderful job in the film, that I loved being able to picture them as the characters while reading the book. (And it's such a wonderful book, too... :) )
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oh, it's so wonderful and excited!!!! I love that moment when Maxim says that He NEVER LOVE REBECCA!!!
miania1996 1 year ago
oh, it's so wonderful and excited!!!! I love that moment when Maxim says that He NEVER LOVE REBECCA!!!
miania1996 1 year ago 3
The first thing I would do is fire that old biddy!
TheAmazingamerica 1 year ago
A truly menacing scene when Mrs. Danvers tries to persuade Mrs. De Winter to jump - brilliantly played.
TheAnn2shoes 1 year ago
Great scene from s great movie. Mrs Danvers is played by Judith Anderson. She was originally an Australian and I can detect a faint trace of Australian intonation in her voice. Without her malicious and menacing role, Rebecca would not have been as great as it is.
fordlandau 1 year ago
She is REALLY relived that Maxim had NEVER EVER loved Rebecca!!
Scoutpower1 1 year ago
Now that's a real "Dun Dun Dunnnnnn" moment!!
laughsaremeds 1 year ago
aww damn i read the comment b4 i got to the i hated her part
bubblegumtasty20 1 year ago
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Danver's is a creep. Just imagine how Max would have felt if Joan Fontaine had jumped! He would have felt that he'd driven her to it.
HannahleeA 1 year ago
Danvers is a creep. Just imagine what Max would have felt like if Joan Fontaine had jumped. He'd have blamed himself.
HannahleeA 1 year ago 5
whooooooooaaaaa
Tranquila95 1 year ago
Denver that bitch
NuclearPlanet 1 year ago
"Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?" Chills everywhere. Laurence Olivier played this role so brilliantly.
chocolateapple 1 year ago 2
uhhh I just read the book and I have to say, this is not what I expected from the movie. There is just something about the charaters Max and Mrs. Danvers that make me cring.
canbedone45 1 year ago
"I opened a window for you" as in please feel free to jump out of it.
BigMamaJamma 1 year ago 18
@BigMamaJamma That is so funny!
africanzionflo 3 months ago
They would have been perfect for each other had it not been for the first Mrs. de Winter
aDieuSeul 1 year ago
@aDieuSeul then no story
asiramma 1 year ago
shes a devil
pinkstar027 1 year ago
i love that when he said I hated her she sort of smiled as if she was thinking he hated her YEEESSSS HA HA IN YOUR FACE MRS DANVERS
coltmanm 1 year ago
The woman who played Mrs. Danvers did very well, but i think she looks a little young compared to how they made it seem in the book. She def. nailed the creepy part though.
tempsgrl4life 1 year ago 4
"why don't you...? why don't you...?"
terrifying! a wonderfully shot moment
Cormac414 1 year ago 5
The maid was excellent
She creeped out everyone!
harliette 1 year ago
The woman who plays Mrs. Danvers is a genius.
rosesfororion 1 year ago 2
@rosesfororion oh yes, indeed. Judith Anderson was a class actress of her time. I've just seen her in great roles, like Big Momma in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
MsSarjen 1 year ago
ok, what's wrong with this fool...
:/
sulivel 1 year ago
mrs. danvers suld hav jumped off the balcony
alanacouture 1 year ago
better not let Danvers get a hold of the body
GarydosDoritos 1 year ago
If thats the woman who played Mrs Danvers, Absolutely. She is chilling and I hate her. Brilliant acting. I cant stand what she done to the new Mrs De Winter. She is so unbelievably nice and sweet.
xNatalie24x 1 year ago 4
OH DAMNNN
LMLNet 1 year ago 4
Judith Anderson was robbed of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar!
Silverwire100 1 year ago 3
What an absolute COW!!!!
karyn13house 1 year ago
MAXIN KILLED REBECCA. HE SHOT HER IN THE CABIN, THEN DROWNED HER IN HER BOAT. hahaa just thought id clear that up (:
bballcutie321 1 year ago
I like that look of horror mixed with elation on her face when Max says he hated Rebecca.
Dragonrdh 2 years ago 4
Saaame, i'm so in love with Joan Fontaine. <3, i'm a bit obsessed with her at the moment lol.
I'm glad they changed the way Rebecca died. I mean, I personally would not be relieved if I found out my husband had shot his previous wife, no matter how much of a bitch she was supposed to have been. It's much more...modern...that de Winter 2 would stand by Max knowing he killed his wife by accident, as opposed to murdering her.
toothbrush55 1 year ago 11
@toothbrush55 They changed the ending for the movie because at the time Hollywood couldn't show a murderer not being pusnished for the crime. I always felt that the second Mrs De Winter for all her meekness felt elated that her husband hated Rebecca enough to kill her. Then there was no doubt and also knowing the secret gave her finally some power in a relationship where she had had none previously.
321womble 1 year ago
@toothbrush55 that's not the reason the cause of death was changed, though. Hitcock would not have been allowed to put out a movie where a murderer gets away without any sort of punishment. The way the first Mrs. DeWinter died had to change in order to please the audience in 1940, not to make it more "Modern". Hitchcock would have been more than happy to leave Mr. DeWinter a murderer.
weakestlink87 1 month ago
girlfriend is just going through. everytime she hears some new news, she backs away in shock.
icefanaticgirl 2 years ago
Seems like some sort of demonic possession with Mrs. Danvers.
goombabear 2 years ago
This movie would have been better if they stuck to the novel.
=/
Artemis6769 2 years ago
No it wouldn't have
toothbrush55 2 years ago
What did they change? I've only seen the movie and the musical.
CarpeNoctem410 2 years ago
Maxim killed Rebecca.
In the movie, Rebecca "tripped and hit her head".
They also cut out quite a bit from the book.
Artemis6769 2 years ago
In the musical as well, (or at least in our Hungarian version) Rebecca fell and hit her head while having a quarrell with Maxim - Max pushed her, she hit her head and died. (there is a song where Maxim tells the story)
But in the book, Max shot her.
Gerry4ever 2 years ago
While the death is not accurate I still appreciate the fact that they stayed true to Maxim killing her.
It bugs me though when the movie/musical changes it and it isn't necessarily better.
Artemis6769 2 years ago
@Artemis6769 They had to change it as Hollywood couldn't at that time show a murderer not being punished for his crime.
321womble 1 year ago
Danvers at 1:53 freakin' scary
Katgirl1331 2 years ago
What's that expression on her face at the very end? Amazement yes, but also joy at the news Max hated Rebecca?
The 2nd Mrs. de Winter certainly seems to become very strong after this scene.
kipps2 2 years ago 5
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i don't think they are good actors....
OkThen007 2 years ago
oh snap , '' i hated her'' dun dun dunnnnnnn 9:29
machngunjoe 2 years ago 57
9:27 - I remember the first time I saw this movie I was floored when he said that. Hitchcock et al had me totally fooled.
annenna 2 years ago 26
I hadn't noticed how much they skipped from the book!
Well, it makes it easier to go along I suppose.
SCMBGProductions 2 years ago
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What the hell kind of a freak show house is this?
ThePeeWee2009 2 years ago
i love this book
mirXmir074 2 years ago 5
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biiiitch lmfao
lalagurrl1994 2 years ago
a lil immature lala
justholli 2 years ago
Oh yes. There are some moments in life one can call-up verbatum from memory. I had just come on duty that afternoon. I walked into my office there at The Westwood Marquis, picked up the ringing phone,and heard on the other end this VOICE, intoning, "This is Lord Olivier in the Penthouse". And promptly went into shock. A friend of mine reminded me later that I had the semi-surrealistic experience of describing to his "Lordship" what a "Reuben Sandwich" was!
bchfront 2 years ago 3
reedit: "Frank is it. . . ?"
"yes, it's Rebecca's"
"How did they recognize it?"
"it was MONOGRAMMED! How else you did you think, you IDIOT?! - Simple, simple girl. Now, stop gawking and make yourself useful, as Mrs. De Winter would have known what to do!"
ovendoll 2 years ago
edit: "Frank is it. . .?"
"Yes, it's Rebecca's."
"How do they recognize it?"
"It was Monogrammed."
ovendoll 2 years ago
Thank you for putting this up Bront. I've always had mixed feelings about this movie. Just sad. It's interesting that when you're young you don't think these kind of situations didn't exhist. You find out when you're older that people just hid them. Like a wild woman like Rebecca. Now we know that people are born all the time without consciences. Serial killers, etc. After watching this again, I keep wondering what a young girl would fall in love with. A depressed middle aged man?
Songsmirth 2 years ago
Chloris Leachman did a great Danvers parody in Young Frankenstein
ciroalb3 2 years ago
haha, i know, right!! i loved ot!
pumpupdatfunk 2 years ago
ooh really? whwere can i find it?
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
I didn't even know it ws a Danvers parody guess because of the thick accent she put on as well.
Tigerlily21 2 years ago
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i feel like strangling this weakness entity called a woman
bcarls50 2 years ago
BEST MOMENT : "You thought I loved Rebecca, you thought that? I hated her."
xforcedsilencex 2 years ago 66
sends shivers down my spine when he says that!!
amazinglyace 2 years ago 3
@xforcedsilencex Victory is miiiine!!
ButterflyRedrum 1 year ago
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"Look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?"
MY GOD! Poor guy...
ElizabatAlex 2 years ago
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ElizabatAlex 2 years ago
what a jerk :P
ChartreuseKoala 3 years ago 2
how'd her hair get out of those perfect ringlets in so short a time?
jsmitty1000 3 years ago
In the book at least it was a wig
unikulkija 3 years ago
True, in the book she's said to have straight hair, so she wears a wig to get those perfect ringlets. It's also true that a whole night has passed when she arrives to the beach. In the book it's a much longer time, though.
Blanqui99 2 years ago 2
Because it happened "last night". A whole night passed in between the scenes.
calybdis 2 years ago
@jsmitty1000 The shot of the Grandfather clock in the Hall is suppose to signify the passing of Time.
davidlysander 1 year ago
Does anyone else think that there is something slightly sensual about the scene in the first 2.20 minutes? As if Mrs Danvers is almost pretending that the 2nd Mrs De Winter is Rebecca, in a really depraved way?
LaFeeVerte1209 3 years ago 7
This is going to drive me mad- I am writing an essay on this very scene and I have watched it about 50 times again and again, brilliant scene though, Hitchcock is an absolute genius.
LaFeeVerte1209 3 years ago
Their height difference at 5:48 is much less (and more realistic since he was 5'9" and she's 5'3") than at 8:58. lol
lebaneseasilah 3 years ago
thats because in the second part he is standing on the step of the fireplace.
bronzekite 3 years ago 2
wow this clip ends at the exact peak of the scene haha
addictedtomusic0 3 years ago 3
judith anderson (mrs danvers) is a genius actress. no wonder she was given the dame. shes the best mrs danvers. truly creepy and mad.
Lucithen 3 years ago 10
So very true. No one could ever play her better. Not even in their dreams.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 2
My theory is Mrs. Danvers got jealous of Rebecca and Maxim's relationship and she arranged the sailing accident or did it herself or something.
Addicted890189 3 years ago
No, wait and see.
Nicecatholicgirl 3 years ago
Not at all. You have her wrong.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Not at all. You have it wrong.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
That evil wench!!! I'd kill her for making me look like a fool!!!!
Addicted890189 3 years ago 4
'Why don't you? Why don't you?' My God, Hitchcock WAS a genius.
GEVMM 3 years ago 3
Here's a cute story that has nothing to do with "Rebecca": Years ago, I worked in the room service department of a luxury hotel in Westwood,Ca. One afternoon, after just checking-in, I picked-up the phone in the office and on the other-end, a voice:
"This is Lord Olivier in the Penthouse". He was staying there with his son whose name, like mine, was also Richard. On that occasion, I had the rather bizarre experience of explaining to LAURENCE OLIVIER what the contents of a "Reuben Sandwich" was!
bchfront 3 years ago 8
Too cool!!!!
texnomore 3 years ago 2
He referred to himself as "Lord" Olivier? how pretentious! He is - or was - a very attractive man, I must say.
TheOobster 2 years ago 2
@TheOobster He liked everybody to call him "Larry." He probably said what he did because if he'd said "this is Larry in the penthouse," nobody would have known who was speaking.
MrRichygm 1 month ago
A little firing of Mrs. Danvers would do you better, child.
GOTTshua 3 years ago 5
i guess her character was so young, sensative and good she couldnt even comprehend the idea of firing the help. lol :)
hisluckienstar614 3 years ago 6
I was jumping up and down when I read the part when he was like,'You thought I loved Rebecca? I hated her!"
cassanovadamsle 3 years ago 8
I LOVE THIS BOOK!
I was texting my bf when I waswatching this and I had this sudden desire to call him darling xD
cassanovadamsle 3 years ago 5
It's been years since I've read the book, so I have a quick question. Did Danvers know Maxim hated Rebecca before all this came out?
skselene 3 years ago
No. Danvers thought Maxim was crazy about Rebecca. I suggest curling up with a glass of wine and picking up that book again! :D I must have read it about 5 times. Don't ask how many I've seen this movie.
velocikat 3 years ago
It was Rebecca's body in the boat!
Torres9maggie 3 years ago 3
naaaw
cassanovadamsle 3 years ago 4
"You're over-wrought madam." Bwahahahaha!
ocwoman 3 years ago
Mrs. Danvers......UR A SICK BITCH!!!!
italianchick1692 4 years ago 3
You think so? I think she's misunderstood. She brought up Rebecca since she was a child, she was like a mother to her. And it hurts her to see someone else take her place. In the book she's much more emotional and cries at least three times. If we heard the story through her persepctive, perhaps we'd think differently of her.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 2
You can feel sympathy for Mrs Danvers - but she is one of the greatest female villains of all time. A real monster.
GayGeisha 2 years ago 3
that may be so, but we find out in the story that Rebecca was a dispicable charactor, why would Mrs Danvers love her unless she herself was a similar person? If she is similar to Rebecca, then she doesn't deserve so much sympathy
TheOobster 2 years ago
The only point of view of Rebecca we really know in detail, is Maxim's. We see Rebecca through mainly his eyes, to him Rebecca was a monster. To Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca was someone to look up to. Rebecca had good qualities too- she was a leader, she was smart, independant, stylish, charming, funny, and very organized. If you think about it, she was everything Mrs. Danvers wasn't. Mrs. Danvers was dull, plain, unattractive, and not funny or charming.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Max hated Rebecca, Ben, the slow witted man who hung around the cabin didn't like her, she was cruel to him. Crawley, the man who managed the estate did not like her. Maybe you are right about Mrs Danvers not being like her, but even in envying her, you have to wonder about Danver's charactor. Why would someone envy someone who was cold and cruel, even if she did have some attractive superficial qualities? So do serial killers have their good points.
TheOobster 2 years ago 3
Mrs. Danvers was blinded with all of Rebecca's admirable qualitties. And let's face it, she's not very sane. But unless we were to hear the story from Rebecca's point of view, I don't see how we could be so firmly believe that she was, without a doubt, a terrible person. I never thought Rebecca was kind, but maybe she was troubled. Guess it just has to do with opinion.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 3
The writer had everyone who knew Rebecca disliking her, except for the only other 2 unlikable characters, Mrs. Danvers, & Favell, an alcoholic womanizing blackmailer. Thats where U got my opinion. The whole point of the novel was the finding out about her unsavory character, & the second Mrs De Winter finally seeing the truth is the main turning point, the anticlimax of the story - If there was a different side to R, the writer would have made it part of the story. Or written a "Rebecca 2"
TheOobster 2 years ago
The writer, sympathized with Rebecca, she said so once herslef. But aside from the characters we get to know, everyone else "loved Rebecca". The writer does not have to write another book to follow Rebecca just to get her point across. It's left up to the reader to concluded what her or she thinks Rebecca was like.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Naturally, she loved Rebecca because she stood for everything she couldn't. We never get to see Rebecca in person, we only know her through the words and acts of others. So we can't really judge her then. She- like many other "horrible" characters in movies, could very well be misunderstood.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Did you read the book? The book made it quite clear that rebecca was not a nice person, Rebecca herself laughed in Max's face on the cliff in Monte Carlo 4 days after they were married, when she told him all about herself. Favil, who was Rebecca's dearest friend when she was alive, was a total lowlife....Birds of a feather flock together....Mrs Danvers may have loved and missed Rebecca, but that did not give her the right to be cruel.
TheOobster 2 years ago
we also need to consider the time period of the story, Rebecca may have been troubled...but back in 1938 people were responsible for their actions, we didn't have the mentality where everything we do can be traced back to our parents being mean to us etc. Only recently has being troubled become an acceptable excuse for evil behavior. I think the author's depiction of Rebecca can b taken at face value, with no hidden meanings. Interesting how people can see things so differently.
TheOobster 2 years ago 5
It is interesting, but I've never been one to follow the general idea of people. I try to find the deeper meaning. That may be true, but we certainley have the mentality now, and I refuse to conclude Rebecca as a horrible devil without getting to know her personally. I don't want to add up a totally inaccurate conclusion based on a bunch of stray facts about her. I believe there's more to Rebecca than what we get to know. We'll never know her true story and so I would like to stick with my idea.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 4
there is another book which was written as a follow up to rebecca called rebecca's tale which is about her when she was alive i think. you may consider reading that to decide yourself about her but its not by the same author so the real intended character may not be portrayd properly.
mini2bini 2 years ago
I have read the book. And I read another one titled "Mrs. de Winter". My views remained unchanged.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
No, she didn't bring up Rebecca. She said that she had come to Manderley when Rebecca had been a bride.
Gerry4ever 2 years ago
Yes she did. She says so in the book and the book is the original thing, not the movie. She raised her and moved with her to Manderely when Rebecca wed Maxim.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 3
Ah really, you're right. I just read it in the book. Thanks :)
Gerry4ever 2 years ago
You're welcome :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
kind of serves her right for listening to a horrible woman like Mrs. Danvers. You'd think she would know better.
ginafaloola 4 years ago
I would never have assumed that he murdered Rebecca. Rebecca that was adored by everyone. Maxim that was brave to kill Rebecca.
lshield1 4 years ago 2
max knew the real rebecca
rustandrepair 4 years ago 3
Yeach. He knew how evil she was. Doesn't that kinda creep you out? How people who seem to have the perfect life can be evil. How did evil come into the world?
lshield1 4 years ago 3
The #1 angel of YHWH brought war into heaven & into this world. Blame him, for he deserves censure. Some love evil & belong to him. Very sad.
GOTTshua 3 years ago
Yes, you're right. Evil came out into the world that way, but here is another question, why did God let evil into the world?
lshield1 3 years ago
Have you ever read the book of John the Baptist?
monmichka77 3 years ago
Yes.
lshield1 3 years ago
What does YHWH mean? I've never heard of it or seen it, whatever it is.
Addicted890189 3 years ago
I would be terribly confused if i were her.
ihateskirts 4 years ago 4
(7:57) "Would you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?" Maxim, you could murder a hundred Rebeccas for all I care and I'd say I LOVE YOU!
velocikat 4 years ago 14
i would say the same!
laurence olivier played a perfect husband and lover in this movie. no women could resist his charm (even though in real life his was gay).
yunyi2008 4 years ago
Was he? Were his marriages a fake?
I'd say it's more likely he was heterosexual but open to "sexual adventures".
calybdis 4 years ago
at least he was bi. but i have to agree that he was very attractive person to both women and men.
yunyi2008 4 years ago 2
I don't know about men (being a woman), but I can absolutely confirm: he attracts women... lol
calybdis 4 years ago 5
calybdis,
i guess you are right it is not accurate to say he was gay. i read some ducoments that he did have male lover.
"the best comments about 'rebecca'" was for velocikat's commnent. he/she said "you can murder 100 rebeccas...". that was wonderful!
sure, laurence is a very attractive person, for all people with all different sextual orientations...lol
yunyi2008 4 years ago 4
YT showed as if your "the best comment for this movie" was an answer to my comment... (It appeared in this thread at 1st, and YT sent me a message on about your comment)
Oh, well, nothing is perfect... lol
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
calybdis 4 years ago 2
looks like this youtube program has problem to put posts to where they belong... lol
well, olivier did make mr. de winter such an attractive man (esp. to women:), however, in the book, i believe he didn't appear to be such a character. i think the book is all about the psychological conflict between current and previous mrs. de winter. it is absolutely my favorite book ever.