Wait, I correct myself: Mrs. Danvers..... a witch on crack being held hostage by chuck norris in a gay prison somewhere in an arabian torture room e_o
Judith Anderson is one phenom actress. She gets the creep on in this one. Alfred Hitchcock new how to make a movie. Movies of today can not even come close to the movies of the past.. Does anyone else think of Vicki Lawerence when they see this?
Judith Anderson is one phenom actress. She gets the creep on in this one. Alfred Hitchcock new how to make a movie. Movies of today can not even come close to the movies of the past.
Anyone else have a Beauty and the Beast flashback when she mentioned the west wing? or is that just because I've read the book and know its a bad thing.
I rather think that housekeepers in a house like this one were always styled "Mrs" even though they were required to be unmarried. Certainly she could not have been married as Rebecca's personal maid.
@StephanieGouldActor that actually was totally normal for wealthy ladies of the time. Indeed, it was always so in wealthy houses, not for lack of sex, but because it was considered necessary that a lady have her own suite so she could entertain, have plenty of room to get dressed, receive visitors in her dressing gown without having to leave her room, etc, etc
Did you see the look Mrs. Danvers gave 'Mrs. Dewynter 2'? I mean she could barely contain her total contempt! Another things....how did that witch/bitch becomes a Mrs.? I'm sure both Mr. Danvers and Mr. Van Hopper died as the only escape from those two harpies! LOL!!!
Haha, through the majority of this film I'm either almost screaming in sentimentality or almost screaming in sheer awkwardness!! Plays with both extremities as well as the darker shades of an underlying ghost of Rebecca. The films like a painting of brilliant highlights and deep shadows. Beautifully painted in cinematic fashion! :)
Some of Hollywood's greatest roles were performed by supporting actors/actresses. In this case, Judith Anderson steals the show from the two leads (although they do a great job as well). Anderson dominates the screen every shot she's in. Such seething evil!
@StephanieGouldActor Oh, but that's how it was (remember the older "I Love Lucy" episodes? Two beds...for me, the fact that Fontaine just got married and looks so mortified and frenzied - like a tragic Hitchcock heroine - is hilarious...
I'm a guy, and I'm more attracted to women, such as Joan Fontaine, in these old classics, rather than to the modern-day actresses. Not there aren't any good-looking women in show business today, but many of them try to be sexy rather than beautiful like Fontaine.
it's because they're all plastic-fantastic divas...the only ones I can think of who hold a candle to the ladies, like Ingrid and Greta and Joan and Barbara, are Kate Winslet, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Cate Blanchett...they've all got that old-school glamour about them
Maxim's sister, Beatrice, is one of my favorite character's in the book. She's pretty much the only character that you begin to trust. And I really HATE Mrs. Danvers, she is such a jerk.
I also hate Mrs Danvers. She seems like she has a broomstick up her ass. I'm not as nice as her, I would've had her fired after the first meeting. Who wants such a dried up old ghoul hanging around the house? I'd hire a nice, freindly maid.
@KingofStarfox Exactly, which is exactly as she is supposed to be. Mrs. Danvers is supposed to look a little like evil incarnate, and the actress playing her is doing a good job so far.
@pagrl08965 And Judith Anderson was the perfect actress to portray her. She should really have won the Oscar she was nominated for. The look she gives mrs. deWinter when they first meet - classic! She doesn't even have to speak, just look at you - goosebumps.
Its a shame the Manderly set wasn't a real house-otherwise it would have been funny if the house had become a sort of 'pilgramidge' for fans of the film.
if i were a powerful wealthy nobleman like Mr. De Winter, i would want i wife like the 2nd Mrs. De Winter, so shy and not confidant at all. terribly attractive.
I know they are from entirely different genres ... but when I first saw Mrs. Danvers, I half expected her to say, "I am Frau Blucher." (Horses whinny.)
Mrs. De Winter was far too naive and unsure of herself to fire someone who controlled every aspect of the house, she probably thought that she would displease Max if she fired Mrs. Danvers
I have seen this movie about 60x and I can't believe I have not read the book! I have, I guess I will pick it up tonight! Mrs. Danvers does have a weird thing about Rebecca...has to be lust!
One of my favorite films too. Among the many amazing achievements is Manderley itself. The mansion didn't exist. It was two detailed scale models for different scenes. (The rain helped hide that it and the car were miniatures.) All the interiors were on sound stages. Incredible art direction, since Manderley is every bit as much a character as the remarkable actors.
@Robertogee Actually it was several scale models ranging from small to quite large. The photos are in an old book on David Selznick, one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen. Someone I knew got it for Christmas years ago.
Nothing like the dead wife's embroidered napkin to help her feel welcome. You think with all the $ and "class", they could have at least sprung for a new napkin? Could yu please pass the Jelly?
That seems to be the tradition of the noble. I actually also wonder why. I have seen a photo of President and Mrs. Reagan dining at such a long table, each one being at an end.
I feel so bad for Joan Fontaine's character. At first it's like, yeah! I get to marry Laurence Olivier, and live in this awesome house. But I could not stand having people wait on me all day and follow me around... I would go crazy!
XD Although a long time ago, some unmarried women would add the "Mrs" title to their name to make it seem as if they were married because married women were often more highly regarded than single women.
A lot of people speculate a lesbian love between Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca... even though Mrs. Danvers is supposed to be very old, and knew Rebecca when she was a child... it seems more like a motherly love Mrs. Danvers holds.
Yea and the way Rebecca's father is mentione but not her mother? Mrs. Danvers said she brought up Rebecca as a child. Plus, Rebecca uses the last name Danvers when she goes to see Baker. My friend's mother pointed out, while we were watching the film, that Mrs. Danvers could have been her mother. But I agree with you, it seems to me more of a motherly kind of love she holds.
I recall that in the book, it was hinted that Rebecca's mother died a slow painful death from cancer. This was suppose to be the only thing that frightened Rebecca, a slow death...she wanted to go quickly. Its been awhile since I read that novel, but that is what I remember Mrs. Danvers saying.
I think they said something like that in one of the sequels (Not written by daphne du maurier), but not in the original book. I read it six months ago and my memory is still pretty clear. What I do remember Mrs. Danvers saying was that Rebecca was afraid of growing old, getting sick, and dying.
I will have to re-read the novel again...its been years since I first read it, but I think you are right...tho I never read that sequel that you mentioned...I might have heard it from another source. Still Du Maurier was such a great author, this and "My Cousin Rachel" are two of my favorites.
Maybe, that's probably why. A lot of people mix up the original with the sequel so you most likely read it or heard it from somebody else. Du Maurier was incredible! I had to read Rebecca for school and I absolutely loved it. That's what got me to watch the film and since then I've become obsessed with black & white films.
The main character could have been spared everything if she had the balls to tell her husband that she wanted all of Rebecca's things taken out of the house and Mrs. Danvers fired for being bitchy.
I agree there, she is very emotionally constrained. But there's such an icy intensity to it. Much like Lady Tremaine, who I'm sure you know she also gave her voice to.
Wait, what comment do you agree with? lol I 've left so many I can't tell. I adore Lady Tremaine. She was my fave in Cinderella. And when you meet her at Disneyworld she's hilarious as well as her daughters. But Judith Anderson did not give the voice to Lady Tremaine. It was Susan Audley who did. Susan also gave the voice to Maleficent and Madame Leota (the crystal ball) in Disney's Haunted Mansion ride. Amazing lady.
....Maleficent! You're right I remember now! She's fantastic as well. I suppose...You could almost place parallels between when Maleficent lead Aurora up the staircase, inviting her to seal her own doom on the spindle; to when Mrs Danvers was purring in Mrs de Winter's ear to consider the easiness of throwing herself from Rebecca's window(almost an excretory connotationI think).
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Anyway I realise my mistake- I was thinking of Cinderfella!
Tha's actually a really good observation! The two movies do have some similarities when it comes to the villain/ heroine relation. Oh Cinderfella- yes! I need to see that! I saw a few clips her on youtube. I adore Judith Anderson and have tried to watch her in as many places as I can. :)
Thats a beautiful little scene at 7:22 as Joan Fontaine is leaving the room and a giant shadow from an enormous wrought iron lace-like covered window is cast on her back, making her look as small and incompetent as she feels.
Wow, thanx for pointing that out (first name missing)!!! It´s all about Rebecca, after all....the big menacing shadow looming in every corner of the house, and in Maxim´s head because of his guilty conscience....when in reality it is about the NEW (and TRUE) Mrs DeWinter - in the end putting Rebecca into her place...
Mrs. Danvers adored Rebecca as a sidekick loves their superhero, but only here they're both the supervilliains. She is creepy, and one of Hitch's trick was to neber show her legs, but make her appear floating loike a specter. And what a hag to burn down Mandalay just because her spoiled, horrible mistress died. Rebecca is a character to be despise, but the funny think is all but Maxim think she was the cat's meow.
It's not just Maxim. Rebecca was hitting hard on Frank, who almost quit because of it, not wanting to tell Maxim what Rebecca was doing (this is in the book). She also hit on Giles, but Beatrice already had a good idea what sort of person Rebecca was, and the two of them didn't often visit after that.
Yes you're so right about not showing her legs....she seems to float around that house terrorizing "Little Mrs"! She had her hiding and running like a scared rabbit!! LOL!! Can you imagine, here you are the mistress of the manor and the hired help is giving you the blues!!!
I've definitely suspected Mrs. Danvers had a sort of unnatural reverence and admiration of Rebecca erring on lesbian...ness(?), but I don't think that the feeling was ever mutual. That's a strange thought. haha
In the book Mrs Danvers says Rebecca never loved any man and was "above that kind of thing," but we don't find out if she loved any women either... (she certainly seemed to likie having sex with men though). I feel like Mrs Danvers should have been played by someone a bit older. In the book it keeps saying how she has this aged, "skull-like" appearance.
Mrs Danvers is so creepy... She's as cold as ice! An incredible performance... One of my alltime favourite films! Thank you for posting it, it's hard enough to come by!
That's not true. She seems cold as ice but that's because she adored Rebecca like a mother. In the book she cries three time overher but in the movie she's much more emotionless.
oh my goodness her dress is so stunning and tasteful. I wish they made those types of dresses again.
Lovepian3023 2 weeks ago
HA! Miss Danvers HATED Rebecca on sight, this sort of thing happens a lot between females.
ContrastY 3 weeks ago
Poor girl, they put Rebecca's napkin on her plate at dinner, must be Mrs. Danvers
maremerson88 2 months ago 2
ms. de winter's been dead for over a year
love this quote
irinka94 3 months ago
Scarlett and Angelina are beautiful. But actresses like Fontaine were graceful and groomed by the studios.
phoenixrising8231 3 months ago
Wait, I correct myself: Mrs. Danvers..... a witch on crack being held hostage by chuck norris in a gay prison somewhere in an arabian torture room e_o
bernadetteyoung417 3 months ago
Mrs. Danvers....... what a witch e_o
bernadetteyoung417 3 months ago
Firth is so nice helping her...
Mai2727 4 months ago
That Mrs Danvers- I wouldn't mind smashing her back doors in.
nobovrilformethanks 4 months ago
what are the differences of the film and book?
BillyAndDeclanFan 5 months ago
@BillyAndDeclanFan
In the book max killed rebacca and in the movie it was an accident
daydreamer493 4 months ago
@daydreamer493
Censors and moral code clauses.
BoudiccaBlanc 1 month ago
i never liked mrs. danvers in the book and in this film..
arizonalemontea01 5 months ago 2
@arizonalemontea01 off course you didn't liked her, she's the villain in this movie!
missCairo015 1 month ago
Mrs. Danvers looks like Severus Snape. Only she's a chick. :O
luxaurumque19 6 months ago 5
@luxaurumque19 Haha yeah kind of :P Still halfway through the book, me...
findyourresolve 5 months ago
@findyourresolve I just finished the book for my english class, it's pretty good I suppose... :)
luxaurumque19 5 months ago
@luxaurumque19 I just finished it too :) It was awesome how it all turned out huh?
findyourresolve 5 months ago
@findyourresolve Yeah, it finally got interesting!
luxaurumque19 5 months ago
@luxaurumque19 :)
findyourresolve 5 months ago
I imagined Mrs. Danvers way older.
CuzNothingCanTouchMe 6 months ago
i imagined frank crawley looking younger and more handsome and pale
bonquiqui874 7 months ago
@bonquiqui874 Me too
DebiMJ 6 months ago
Judith Anderson is one phenom actress. She gets the creep on in this one. Alfred Hitchcock new how to make a movie. Movies of today can not even come close to the movies of the past.. Does anyone else think of Vicki Lawerence when they see this?
ASTA1935 7 months ago
Judith Anderson is one phenom actress. She gets the creep on in this one. Alfred Hitchcock new how to make a movie. Movies of today can not even come close to the movies of the past.
ASTA1935 7 months ago 2
Anyone else have a Beauty and the Beast flashback when she mentioned the west wing? or is that just because I've read the book and know its a bad thing.
readtoomuch 7 months ago 5
Mrs Danvers was extremely fond of the late Mrs de Winter and hinted at throughout the storyline, and many even suggested a "closer" relationship???
macvatu 8 months ago
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lovetheatre100 8 months ago
Wonderful film one of my favourites never get sick of watching this. Love mrs Danvers wonderful actress
lovetheatre100 8 months ago
I rather think that housekeepers in a house like this one were always styled "Mrs" even though they were required to be unmarried. Certainly she could not have been married as Rebecca's personal maid.
sunburnnow 8 months ago
Gee. You would need a map to find your way around that mansion. No lit exit signs in case of fire.
shanghaibenny2 9 months ago
separate rooms...holy crap.
StephanieGouldActor 9 months ago
@StephanieGouldActor that actually was totally normal for wealthy ladies of the time. Indeed, it was always so in wealthy houses, not for lack of sex, but because it was considered necessary that a lady have her own suite so she could entertain, have plenty of room to get dressed, receive visitors in her dressing gown without having to leave her room, etc, etc
readtoomuch 7 months ago
Mrs Danvers only loved and madly respected Rebecca so it's quite expected for her to dislike this new girl who isn't half the woman Rebecca was.
hiatusinc 9 months ago
i think i liked this better than the 1979 version
zenith0000006 9 months ago
Why on earth would they have left out Rebbecca's stuff?
MissMortViolette 10 months ago
This is exactly how I imagined Manderly to look when I read the book
vagtasticone 10 months ago 2
So this is where the "Hoffman" character from Dark Shadows' "parallel time" segment came from. Grayson Hall did a fantastic job with it, too.
sbergman27 10 months ago
great movie, but my fav version of Rebecca wud be the 1979 BBC miniseries starring Jeremy Brett
wincipoet 10 months ago
Did you see the look Mrs. Danvers gave 'Mrs. Dewynter 2'? I mean she could barely contain her total contempt! Another things....how did that witch/bitch becomes a Mrs.? I'm sure both Mr. Danvers and Mr. Van Hopper died as the only escape from those two harpies! LOL!!!
scorpioninblue 11 months ago
oh my gosh... i forgot how much i hated ms danvers. ugh!!
MsAlex1717 11 months ago
I would have bided my time, but the I would have had it out with Danvers, she's like a warden in an institution.
TheSkylur44 1 year ago
my dad used to have this movie, an we were watchin it when i was a kid, i rememeber danvers scaring me just cause shes such a creep lol
LuvRemyanJack 1 year ago
She needs to fire Mrs. Danvers! ASAP!
Abbeysums 1 year ago
Dame Judith Anderson...one of the greatest actresses ever!
OnCloudNine62 1 year ago
We'll never know what the second Mrs. De Winter's name was. But I really wish she would SLAP Mrs. Danvers.
TheAnn2shoes 1 year ago
Haha, through the majority of this film I'm either almost screaming in sentimentality or almost screaming in sheer awkwardness!! Plays with both extremities as well as the darker shades of an underlying ghost of Rebecca. The films like a painting of brilliant highlights and deep shadows. Beautifully painted in cinematic fashion! :)
DuskAndHerEmbrace13 1 year ago
Some of Hollywood's greatest roles were performed by supporting actors/actresses. In this case, Judith Anderson steals the show from the two leads (although they do a great job as well). Anderson dominates the screen every shot she's in. Such seething evil!
DandAinTac 1 year ago
i remember when i read a comment saying that they never say mrs.de winters name (fontaine) .. i felt so dumb for not realizing it.
moviegurl16 1 year ago
@moviegurl16 How do you know it's Fontaine then?
Nita611 1 year ago
@Nita611 no thats the actresses last name "Joan Fontaine " . she plays the main woman who's name is never mentioned
moviegurl16 1 year ago
@moviegurl16 Did you know that Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland are sisters? They really do look alike.
hjb103055 11 months ago
she plays wonderfully !
glmiri 1 year ago
7:06, That's what she said.
coreymitchelhoulden 1 year ago 12
@coreymitchelhoulden You nerd :)
MsLttle 1 year ago
Somehow I envisioned Mrs. Danvers.... older when reading the book.
SugerG1 1 year ago
@SugerG1 Just watched Star Trek 3, The Search for Spock in which Judith Anderson (Mrs. Danvers) plays a Vulcan High Priestess....at the age of 86!
Gazzar 1 year ago
Mrs. Danvers is a HATER!!
Tranquila95 1 year ago 4
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dvdsdificeis 1 year ago
the fact that they have separate rooms is hilarious.
StephanieGouldActor 1 year ago 2
@StephanieGouldActor Oh, but that's how it was (remember the older "I Love Lucy" episodes? Two beds...for me, the fact that Fontaine just got married and looks so mortified and frenzied - like a tragic Hitchcock heroine - is hilarious...
mrplatink 1 year ago
ms denvis looks like a raven doesnt she?
justj99XX 1 year ago
Judith Anderson is just perfect as Mrs. Danvers, her very performance just gives me goosebumps
ChildOfTheFlower 1 year ago 5
gah! I just love the dress Fontaine is wearing around 3:00! It's gorgeous on her
lciav 1 year ago
Such a shy girl is an easy target for mean people
aDieuSeul 1 year ago 3
I love Frank, Maxim's assistant and friend. So gentle and handsome!
iluvpepi 1 year ago 3
this housekeeper gives me creeps
guitarlawyer75 1 year ago
Staff can be more snobbish than the master.
44mkb 1 year ago
I'm a guy, and I'm more attracted to women, such as Joan Fontaine, in these old classics, rather than to the modern-day actresses. Not there aren't any good-looking women in show business today, but many of them try to be sexy rather than beautiful like Fontaine.
snipetracker 1 year ago 21
@snipetracker
it's because they're all plastic-fantastic divas...the only ones I can think of who hold a candle to the ladies, like Ingrid and Greta and Joan and Barbara, are Kate Winslet, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Cate Blanchett...they've all got that old-school glamour about them
cazia9 1 year ago
Maxim's sister, Beatrice, is one of my favorite character's in the book. She's pretty much the only character that you begin to trust. And I really HATE Mrs. Danvers, she is such a jerk.
kaittnicole 1 year ago
I also hate Mrs Danvers. She seems like she has a broomstick up her ass. I'm not as nice as her, I would've had her fired after the first meeting. Who wants such a dried up old ghoul hanging around the house? I'd hire a nice, freindly maid.
KingofStarfox 1 year ago 2
@KingofStarfox Exactly, which is exactly as she is supposed to be. Mrs. Danvers is supposed to look a little like evil incarnate, and the actress playing her is doing a good job so far.
rosesfororion 1 year ago 2
@rosesfororion Yeah, you're right. An excellent actress!
KingofStarfox 1 year ago
@KingofStarfox That's... the point.
Brideshead09 1 year ago
Poor kid.
hjb103055 1 year ago
Poor Rebecca...she really isn't getting the hang of being a 'great lady'
vampireangelqueen1 1 year ago
mrs. danvers is really spooky. it would give me the creeps if she was my maid
pagrl08965 1 year ago
@pagrl08965 And Judith Anderson was the perfect actress to portray her. She should really have won the Oscar she was nominated for. The look she gives mrs. deWinter when they first meet - classic! She doesn't even have to speak, just look at you - goosebumps.
MsSarjen 1 year ago
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tschilla2 1 year ago
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@constansavictrix - why are they never ' very hungry' in movies...'tis ridiculous...what wastes of big lovely meals...ha ha
Romance novels are the same way. The heroines never eat, never pee, change tampons, or get menstrual cramps.
plumeria66 1 year ago
Its a shame the Manderly set wasn't a real house-otherwise it would have been funny if the house had become a sort of 'pilgramidge' for fans of the film.
TheBuff94 1 year ago
this movie is wonderfull and i'd expect no less from Alfred Hitchcock
MusicVideosRemake 1 year ago 6
if i were a powerful wealthy nobleman like Mr. De Winter, i would want i wife like the 2nd Mrs. De Winter, so shy and not confidant at all. terribly attractive.
HouseBug26 2 years ago 5
rebecca's much more confidant at this stage in the movie, perhaps you'd have the hard nosed Mrs Danvers in the pantry -
GarydosDoritos 1 year ago
did anyone know that Mrs. Danvers was gay in real life? she's in a book called Hollywood Lesbians.
nerdgant 2 years ago
I believe it, the way she grieves for her leaves a lot to the imagination
colossusrising 2 years ago
@nerdgant the character or the actress that plays her?
rebecccarose 1 year ago
danvers is a freak
Surviveandcharm 2 years ago
I know they are from entirely different genres ... but when I first saw Mrs. Danvers, I half expected her to say, "I am Frau Blucher." (Horses whinny.)
Lizimille 2 years ago 6
@Lizimille I had that same thought!
psychosnowmonkey 2 years ago
Mrs. De Winter was far too naive and unsure of herself to fire someone who controlled every aspect of the house, she probably thought that she would displease Max if she fired Mrs. Danvers
Gabi8ful 2 years ago
I would have fired Danvers as soon as I stepped into Manderley.
panther33460 2 years ago 14
@panther33460 Duh that's the whole point of the story
321womble 2 years ago
@panther33460
And she would have cast a bitch of a spell over you in revenge!!! LMAO!!
scorpioninblue 11 months ago
Danvers: "Mrs. De Winter was most particular about sauces"...
Bryans900 2 years ago
I have seen this movie about 60x and I can't believe I have not read the book! I have, I guess I will pick it up tonight! Mrs. Danvers does have a weird thing about Rebecca...has to be lust!
annahrwth242 2 years ago
I am like a little kid with this movie - watching it over and over again!
toothbrush55 2 years ago 9
I love this movie! The books is so good! I have read this book over 6 times and every time i realize something new in Daphne Du Maurier's writting!
hazenhottie1 2 years ago
is mrs. danvers a lesbian? she's just reaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllyyyyyyy obsessed with rebecca
snoops4ever 2 years ago
Does anybody know which house this movie was filmed?
ktdesignbox 2 years ago
if u look over at the related videos, u will see that vivien leigh was tried for this part. Im glad this girl go it
TechForThought 2 years ago 7
One of my favorite films too. Among the many amazing achievements is Manderley itself. The mansion didn't exist. It was two detailed scale models for different scenes. (The rain helped hide that it and the car were miniatures.) All the interiors were on sound stages. Incredible art direction, since Manderley is every bit as much a character as the remarkable actors.
Robertogee 2 years ago 42
@Robertogee Actually it was several scale models ranging from small to quite large. The photos are in an old book on David Selznick, one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen. Someone I knew got it for Christmas years ago.
TheSkylur44 1 year ago
9:21 ...................adorable
adrake1000 2 years ago
Holy shit, Danvers is psycotic! But that's really good acting on the actress's part. You have to be really good to play her (or so I think)
MrsPadfoot12 2 years ago 27
thx
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Yea, sort of like a motherly love. She does after all say that she brought Rebecca up as a child.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Nothing like the dead wife's embroidered napkin to help her feel welcome. You think with all the $ and "class", they could have at least sprung for a new napkin? Could yu please pass the Jelly?
ovendoll 2 years ago 2
Gay ass bitch she problay had a thing with rebecca
dawnrexgurl 2 years ago
Mrs. Danvers is a repressed lesbian.
herrrob14 2 years ago
haha, that's the perfect phrase for her life though 'one giant cringe'. It's so true. She's so timid it makes you want to hug her!
BSTO88 2 years ago 2
Lol.
missfl70 2 years ago
That seems to be the tradition of the noble. I actually also wonder why. I have seen a photo of President and Mrs. Reagan dining at such a long table, each one being at an end.
qqqquito 3 years ago
The tables were long because of the frequent dinner parties the nobility used to have. Everyone had to be seated at the same table.
VanessaKrystle 3 years ago
I agree. Mrs Danvers reminds me of Mrs. Dudley in The Haunting.
metalqueen2000 3 years ago
That house is a frickin musoeleum to Rebecca I couldn't live there. ALthough it is a beautiful house and superb movie!
bluejay1025 3 years ago 4
I feel so bad for Joan Fontaine's character. At first it's like, yeah! I get to marry Laurence Olivier, and live in this awesome house. But I could not stand having people wait on me all day and follow me around... I would go crazy!
phantomfever17 3 years ago 10
I think it was Gene Shalit who said "we can only wonder what became of poor Mr. Danvers."
Nicecatholicgirl 3 years ago 3
lmfao whose Gene Shalit?
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
NBC film critic. I think it was during the '70's or '80's that he said it. There have been a couple stage/screen adaptations of the book.
Nicecatholicgirl 2 years ago
Ah, I see. He does have a point there I must say.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
XD Although a long time ago, some unmarried women would add the "Mrs" title to their name to make it seem as if they were married because married women were often more highly regarded than single women.
phangirl91 2 years ago
A lot of people speculate a lesbian love between Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca... even though Mrs. Danvers is supposed to be very old, and knew Rebecca when she was a child... it seems more like a motherly love Mrs. Danvers holds.
phangirl91 3 years ago 2
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that was how good hitchcock was a filmmaker, he was a master of secretly using sexual inneuendo's in his films as with suspense and shock.
the maid is hot, got a nice bootaye while creepin around the house
blinkzone1 2 years ago
lmfao what??? Mrs Danvers is hot? Wow, haven't heard that one before! XD
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
to me she's hot must be the dark looks
blinkzone1 2 years ago
lol I don't think she's ugly but I don't think she's hot wither. She's so awesome though, I love Mrs. Danvers =] Def my favorite charcter!
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Yea and the way Rebecca's father is mentione but not her mother? Mrs. Danvers said she brought up Rebecca as a child. Plus, Rebecca uses the last name Danvers when she goes to see Baker. My friend's mother pointed out, while we were watching the film, that Mrs. Danvers could have been her mother. But I agree with you, it seems to me more of a motherly kind of love she holds.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 2
I recall that in the book, it was hinted that Rebecca's mother died a slow painful death from cancer. This was suppose to be the only thing that frightened Rebecca, a slow death...she wanted to go quickly. Its been awhile since I read that novel, but that is what I remember Mrs. Danvers saying.
mari66101 2 years ago
I think they said something like that in one of the sequels (Not written by daphne du maurier), but not in the original book. I read it six months ago and my memory is still pretty clear. What I do remember Mrs. Danvers saying was that Rebecca was afraid of growing old, getting sick, and dying.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
I will have to re-read the novel again...its been years since I first read it, but I think you are right...tho I never read that sequel that you mentioned...I might have heard it from another source. Still Du Maurier was such a great author, this and "My Cousin Rachel" are two of my favorites.
mari66101 2 years ago
Maybe, that's probably why. A lot of people mix up the original with the sequel so you most likely read it or heard it from somebody else. Du Maurier was incredible! I had to read Rebecca for school and I absolutely loved it. That's what got me to watch the film and since then I've become obsessed with black & white films.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
The main character could have been spared everything if she had the balls to tell her husband that she wanted all of Rebecca's things taken out of the house and Mrs. Danvers fired for being bitchy.
JCej 3 years ago 11
Yeah. Mrs Danvers scares the living daylights out of me. The house too. Cold, dark and full of shadows.
nantata 3 years ago
okay. i have to say this. MRS. DANVERS SCARES THE KRAP OUTTA ME!!!!!! okay back to the point. Did Mrs. Danvers play Martrisha on the Addams family?
Countrygirlsrox 3 years ago 2
Mrs. Danvers reminds me of the evil stepmother in Snow White.. but I don't recall her as Morticia..
LisaB1991 3 years ago
well picture her with her hair down. she has that 'addams' look ya no?
Countrygirlsrox 3 years ago
Indeed she has. She's without any doubt the most scary woman I have seen.. but she plays her role perfectly ^^
LisaB1991 3 years ago
Really? I think she's more like Lady Tremaine (Cinderella's stepmother).
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
I agree there, she is very emotionally constrained. But there's such an icy intensity to it. Much like Lady Tremaine, who I'm sure you know she also gave her voice to.
michaelgadsby 2 years ago
Wait, what comment do you agree with? lol I 've left so many I can't tell. I adore Lady Tremaine. She was my fave in Cinderella. And when you meet her at Disneyworld she's hilarious as well as her daughters. But Judith Anderson did not give the voice to Lady Tremaine. It was Susan Audley who did. Susan also gave the voice to Maleficent and Madame Leota (the crystal ball) in Disney's Haunted Mansion ride. Amazing lady.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Haha I noticed the extent of your comments! :)
....Maleficent! You're right I remember now! She's fantastic as well. I suppose...You could almost place parallels between when Maleficent lead Aurora up the staircase, inviting her to seal her own doom on the spindle; to when Mrs Danvers was purring in Mrs de Winter's ear to consider the easiness of throwing herself from Rebecca's window(almost an excretory connotationI think).
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Anyway I realise my mistake- I was thinking of Cinderfella!
michaelgadsby 2 years ago
Tha's actually a really good observation! The two movies do have some similarities when it comes to the villain/ heroine relation. Oh Cinderfella- yes! I need to see that! I saw a few clips her on youtube. I adore Judith Anderson and have tried to watch her in as many places as I can. :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Isn't Mrs Danvers a wonderful villain. That cold voice, those cruel eyes. Judith Anderson deserved an oscar.
GayGeisha 3 years ago 2
that's because it's based on the fairy tale "bluebeard" by charles perrault where the wife if referred to as "wife"
ellieb1228 3 years ago 2
haha she's not pouring anything into that cup!!
ellieb1228 3 years ago
"Mrs DeWinter..? Oh I'm afraid you made a mistake. Mrs DeWinter's been dead for over a year..oh I mean!" LOL
SatineCharm 3 years ago 3
lol... Mr. and Mrs. DeWinter don't sleep in the same room? I guess it's cause of the bed "rule" on screen/tv back in that time.
krispykreme327 3 years ago
neither do tom cruise and katie holmes but... anyways back to rebecca...
i never get the feeling that maxim and the second mrs. dewinter have a sexual relationship but maybe that the point.
djalicat 3 years ago 3
haha tomkat!!!!
ellieb1228 3 years ago
Thats a beautiful little scene at 7:22 as Joan Fontaine is leaving the room and a giant shadow from an enormous wrought iron lace-like covered window is cast on her back, making her look as small and incompetent as she feels.
ocwoman 3 years ago 4
The second Mrs. de Winter doesn't have a first name, nor does she in the book.
skellyel 3 years ago 5
I want also a man like Maxim ...
M4rokin4 3 years ago 7
me 2 ;)
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1814Brandan 3 years ago
Wow, thanx for pointing that out (first name missing)!!! It´s all about Rebecca, after all....the big menacing shadow looming in every corner of the house, and in Maxim´s head because of his guilty conscience....when in reality it is about the NEW (and TRUE) Mrs DeWinter - in the end putting Rebecca into her place...
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HermioneNo1 3 years ago
Mrs. Danvers underestimates her too much
gos11387 3 years ago 2
Mrs. Danvers adored Rebecca as a sidekick loves their superhero, but only here they're both the supervilliains. She is creepy, and one of Hitch's trick was to neber show her legs, but make her appear floating loike a specter. And what a hag to burn down Mandalay just because her spoiled, horrible mistress died. Rebecca is a character to be despise, but the funny think is all but Maxim think she was the cat's meow.
poliador 4 years ago 3
It's not just Maxim. Rebecca was hitting hard on Frank, who almost quit because of it, not wanting to tell Maxim what Rebecca was doing (this is in the book). She also hit on Giles, but Beatrice already had a good idea what sort of person Rebecca was, and the two of them didn't often visit after that.
praguephotog 4 years ago 2
@poliador
Yes you're so right about not showing her legs....she seems to float around that house terrorizing "Little Mrs"! She had her hiding and running like a scared rabbit!! LOL!! Can you imagine, here you are the mistress of the manor and the hired help is giving you the blues!!!
scorpioninblue 11 months ago
Some think Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca had a thing...
clockworkgirl21 4 years ago
I've definitely suspected Mrs. Danvers had a sort of unnatural reverence and admiration of Rebecca erring on lesbian...ness(?), but I don't think that the feeling was ever mutual. That's a strange thought. haha
ginafaloola 4 years ago 4
"I came here when the first Mrs. de Winter was a bride". Suggests she was Rebecca's personal maid, the most likely explanation for her behavior.
whippedcreamshampoo 4 years ago 2
In the book Mrs Danvers says Rebecca never loved any man and was "above that kind of thing," but we don't find out if she loved any women either... (she certainly seemed to likie having sex with men though). I feel like Mrs Danvers should have been played by someone a bit older. In the book it keeps saying how she has this aged, "skull-like" appearance.
orlando098 3 years ago
Really? I think her love was more motherly than Lesbian.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
Mrs Danvers is so creepy... She's as cold as ice! An incredible performance... One of my alltime favourite films! Thank you for posting it, it's hard enough to come by!
hwuoahc 4 years ago 5
That's not true. She seems cold as ice but that's because she adored Rebecca like a mother. In the book she cries three time overher but in the movie she's much more emotionless.
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago