Oh, poor Clarice...she was so distraught for Mrs de Winter. What a terribly emotional scene. It really was how I imagined it in the novel. The look on Mrs Danvers' face said it all - pure spite! Massey delivered a blinder!
No, actually the woman in the portrait is named "Caroline De Winter" so she; the nameless main character, asked to be announced in that way. That's what she whispers before hand and if you go back an episode you'll hear Ms. Danvers refer to the woman in the portrait as "Caroline de Winter". To give the young Mrs. de Winter a first name would have ruined the effect indeed!
This is the best version of Rebecca and so true to the book.
It is lovely to see this again. The BBC have never shown it since the first airing and also have never released on either Video or DVD. Such a pity, as it was an excellent production.
Jeremy Brett, Joanna David and Anna Massey play their parts to perfection.
Wow...what a coincidence. The music that the band is playing is the 'Lippen schweigen' waltz from the operetta, 'The Merry Widow' in which Brett once played Count Danilo a decade before. Extraordinary!
You Maxim is really an ass.
lizmil 1 month ago
Beatrice is very nice, she is almost like a mother to Mrs. De Winter
fbspin 2 months ago
Oh, poor Clarice...she was so distraught for Mrs de Winter. What a terribly emotional scene. It really was how I imagined it in the novel. The look on Mrs Danvers' face said it all - pure spite! Massey delivered a blinder!
MrSpidermat 3 months ago
If it had been me I wouldn't have gone up to change my dress, I'd have run down the stairs and delivered Maxim a swift kick in the crotch area.
kragary 3 months ago
The beginning of this scene is one of the most painful things I've ever seen.
llamala2010 5 months ago
Beatrice! sweet Beatrice....too bad she died in the second book. :(
MrShaun42088 6 months ago
I always liked Beatrice. :D
BelovedCaptain 7 months ago
I love that they even include the men that are fixing the light bulbs...its so true to the book!
Snezhinka9 10 months ago 3
Poor Clarice, she's so sad!
MsSarjen 1 year ago
Poor Clarice, she's so sorry for it all.
MsSarjen 1 year ago
1:41 wow look at his eyes never seen him like that before
jbshlover 2 years ago
"Caroline"? WTF?!!!!!
The 2nd Mrs de Winter's name is never mentioned! EVER!!!
Oh, I was enjoying this up to now. One of the greatest devices is the history of literature smashed to pieces like a long forgotten worthless Cupid.
The horror!
**sobbing**
The horror...
Holdenon3 2 years ago
Caroline was the name of the ancestress whose portrait she copied, *not* the name of the second Mrs. de Winter.
Loriendilisme 2 years ago 5
No, actually the woman in the portrait is named "Caroline De Winter" so she; the nameless main character, asked to be announced in that way. That's what she whispers before hand and if you go back an episode you'll hear Ms. Danvers refer to the woman in the portrait as "Caroline de Winter". To give the young Mrs. de Winter a first name would have ruined the effect indeed!
sarasita333 2 years ago
This is the best version of Rebecca and so true to the book.
It is lovely to see this again. The BBC have never shown it since the first airing and also have never released on either Video or DVD. Such a pity, as it was an excellent production.
Jeremy Brett, Joanna David and Anna Massey play their parts to perfection.
wandawizard1 2 years ago 13
Wow...what a coincidence. The music that the band is playing is the 'Lippen schweigen' waltz from the operetta, 'The Merry Widow' in which Brett once played Count Danilo a decade before. Extraordinary!
schweitzer006325 2 years ago 8