Rebecca: Alfred Hitchcock Film Trailer (1940)

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Rebecca is a 1940 psychological/dramatic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project, and his first film produced under his contract with David O. Selznick. The film's screenplay was an adaptation by Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood from Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name, and was produced by Selznick. It stars Laurence Olivier as the aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as his second wife, and Judith Anderson as the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.

The film is a gothic tale about the lingering memory of the title character, Maxim de Winter's dead first wife, which continues to haunt Maxim, his new bride, and Mrs. Danvers. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture out of a total 11 nominations. Olivier, Fontaine and Anderson were all Oscar nominated for their respective roles. Since the introduction of awards for actors in supporting roles, this is the only film named Best Picture that won no other Academy Award for acting, directing or writing.

It was the opening film at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival.

At Selznick's insistence, the film adapts the plot of du Maurier's novel Rebecca faithfully. However, one plot detail was altered to comply with the Hollywood Production Code, which said that the murder of a spouse had to be punished. In the novel, Maxim shoots Rebecca, while in the film, he only thinks of killing her after she taunts him, whereupon she suddenly falls back, hits her head on a heavy piece of ship's tackle, and dies from her head injuries, so that her death is an accident, not murder. According to the book It's only a Movie, David O. Selznick wanted the smoke from the burning Manderley to spell out a huge "R". Alfred Hitchcock thought the touch lacked subtlety. While Selznick was preoccupied by Gone with the Wind (1939), Hitchcock was able to replace the smoky "R" with the burning of a monogrammed négligée case lying atop a bed pillow. Hitchcock also edited the picture in camera - shooting only what he wanted to see in the final film - a method of filmmaking that didn't allow Selznick to reedit the picture. Although Selznick insisted the film be faithful to the novel, Hitchcock made many changes, especially with the character of Mrs. Danvers. In the novel, Mrs. Danvers is something of a jealous mother figure. Her past is mentioned in the book. But in the film, Mrs. Danvers is a much younger character (the actress, Judith Anderson, would have been about 42 at the time of shooting) and her past isn't revealed at all. The only thing we know about her is that she came to Manderley when Rebecca was a bride. Hitchcock made her more like a ghostly figure, with possible lesbian undertones (as discussed in the documentary The Celluloid Closet).

The theatrical release of Rebecca was delayed in order to give it a shot at the 1940 Academy Awards - the 1939 Awards would (obviously) be dominated by Gone with the Wind, another Selznick production.

Rebecca has been remade in Bollywood twice. The first remake was the Waheeda Rehman-Biswajeet starrer Kohra (1964) and the second was the 2008 film Anamika starring Dino Morea, Minissha Lamba and Koena Mitra.

Cast * Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter * Joan Fontaine as The Second Mrs. de Winter * George Sanders as Jack Favell * Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers * Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy * Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley * C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Julyan * Gladys Cooper as Beatrice Lacy * Florence Bates as Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper * Melville Cooper as Coroner * Leo G. Carroll as Dr. Baker * Leonard Carey as Ben * Lumsden Hare as Tabbs * Edward Fielding as Frith * Forrester Harvey as Chalcroft * Mary Williams as The Head Maid * Keira Tate as The Parlour Maid * Rose Trace as The Parlour Maid * Sandra Phillip as The Parlour Maid * Kelly Sanderton as The Parlour Maid * Herietta Bodvon as The Housemaid

Rebecca was adapted as a radio play on numerous occasions, including May 31, 1943, as an episode of The Screen Guild Theater starring Joan Fontaine, Brian Aherne and Agnes Moorehead; again on The Screen Guild Theater on November 18, 1948, with Loretta Young, John Lund and Agnes Moorehead; on Lux Radio Theater's February 3, 1941, broadcast with Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino; and again on Lux November 6, 1950, with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. The Campbell Playhouse also aired an adaptation on December 9, 1938.

Rebecca was used as the basis of a sketch on BBC comedy sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look.

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[MomoHasMuffins]

how very calm and serene those movies are compared to the action packed blockbusters of today XD

[dragonheart6crush]

this movie reminded me of beauty and the beast

[Latwata719]

This is one of my all time favorite Hitchcock films. Who was Rebecca? She was born the beautiful Rebecca Hildedrige you know. They said he ( Maxim) simply adored her ! I love the way Rebecca " haunts" it all with her initials " R de W"

[TheMarcio2014]

Joan Fontaine exibe sua beleza e talento neste clássico. Outra grande atriz é Judith Anderson, que pode ser vista em outro clássico noir, "Laura". Belas imagens neste trailer.Muito Obrigado. P.S. Na TV aberta, nunca mais. Qual será a razão?