 Lux presents Hollywood Lever brother's company the makers of Lux toilet soap bring you the Lux radio theater starring Vivian Lee and Lawrence Olivier in Rebecca Ladies and gentlemen your producer, mr. William Keely Hollywood ladies and gentlemen The motion picture industry was delighted when Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Lee Decided to return to the United States after too long an absence as you know They're recognized as two of England's finest artists We've honored miss Lee with our Academy Award for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara and mr. Olivier for his handling So I was especially delighted. I was able to persuade them to appear on the Lux radio theater Since their sailing next week for England their schedule is extremely tight And we consider it a rare privilege to have them in their first and only radio appearance together on our stage We chose David O. Selznick's immortal screenplay Rebecca First because of Lawrence Olivier's brilliant characterization in his original role of Maxim the winter and Second because the role of Mrs. The winter is tailored to the charm and acting ability of Vivian Lee We regret that sir Lawrence and Lady Olivier can't stay longer in our country But we hope when they sail next week for England, they'll take a long plenty of Lux toilet soap Vivian Lee has been a friend of Lux for years Now here's our play starring Lawrence Olivier as Maxim the winter and Vivian Lee as the woman who tells the story of Rebecca night I dreamt I went to Mandalay again It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive And for a while I could not enter for the way with bar to me Then like all dreamers. I was possessed of a sudden with supernatural powers and Passed like a spirit through the barrier before me The drive wound away in front of me twisting and turning Finally there was Mandalay Mandalay secretive and silent Time could not mow the perfect symmetry of those walls But I knew I looked upon an empty desolate shell With no whisper of the past in its staring blackened windows We can never go back to Mandalay again That much is certain But sometimes in my dreams. I do go back to the strange days of my life Which began for me in the south of France There on a great cliff towering above the sea I first saw him He was looking down staring at the rocks below And then suddenly I thought I saw him about you The devil you shouting about who are you? What are you staring at? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare but you were so close to the edge of the cliff. I was afraid that No, you were well, what are you doing here? I was only walking. I came up the path and well get on with your walking Don't hang about here screaming. Go on Out of season again, not a single well-known personality in the hotel This coffee stone cold Wait up. Go song. I don't believe he can hear you mrs. Then hop up and get him get him What are you being paid for girl? Yeah? Oh? That's max to winter look see him coming this way What are you looking so surprised about I? Saw him today Mr.. Da Winta, how'd you do? How do you do? I mean the fun hopper. Do you remember me? It's so nice to run into you here. Do sit down and have some coffee Mr.. Winter's having some coffee with me. You may go of course. I'm afraid I must contradict you It will both have coffee with me That's all coffee please you know, I've recognized you just as soon as you came in Are you playing the tables much here at Monty? No, I'm afraid that sort of thing ceased to amuse me years ago Oh, I can well understand that if I had a home like Mandalay. I should certainly never come to Monty I hear it's one of the biggest places in that part of the country and you just can't beat it for beauty Cigarette mr.. Manhopper. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, no. No, I Thank you. What do you think of Monte Carlo? Oh, don't you think of it at all? Well, I think it's rather artificial She's spoiled mr.. Da Winta. That's her trouble most girls would give their eyes for the chance to see Monty Wouldn't that rather defeat the purpose? Well now that we've found each other again I do hope I shall be seeing something of you your ballots unpacked for you I suppose I'm afraid I don't possess one perhaps you'd like to do it for me Well this young lady might make herself useful. She's a capable child in many ways, aren't you dear? That's a charming suggestion, but I'm afraid I cling to the old motto He travels fastest who travels alone. Perhaps you've not heard of it. Good night. Well What do you make of that? You suppose that sudden departure was intended to be funny. Oh, perhaps he didn't quite realize how it locked Poor thing. I suppose he just can't get over his wife's death They say he's simply a daughter When I came alone to the dining room the following day, he was already there at the next table As I sat down I paid the penalty of my awkwardness. I knocked over a vase of flowers the water soaking the cloth I'm so sorry. What a stupid thing. You can leave that waiter. Go and let another place at my table Mademoiselle will have lunch with me wheelie. Oh, no. Oh, no, I couldn't possibly Please don't be polite. It's very kind of you, but I wasn't being polite I should have asked you to lunch with me even if you haven't been so clumsy Sit down. We needn't talk to each other if we don't feel like it. Well, thank you very much What's happened to your friend? Oh, she's ill in bed with a cold. Oh I'm sorry. I was rude to you yesterday The only excuse I can offer is that I have become boorish through living alone You weren't really. You just wanted to be by yourself. Tell me is Mrs. Van Hopper a friend of yours or just a relation? No, she's my employer. I'm what is known as a paid companion. Oh, I didn't know the companionship could be bored Is that a sketching pad? Do you sketch? Yes a little. Were you going sketching this afternoon? Yes. Oh, yeah Oh, I haven't made up my mind. I'll drive you somewhere in the car. Oh, no, please don't I don't nonsense All your lunch will get Taken long enough for that sketch I Shall expect a really fine work of art. You're not a very easy subject. Your expression keeps changing all the time Does it? Well, I'd concentrate on the view instead if I were you much more worthwhile Rather reminds me of our coastline at home Do you know Cornwall at all? Oh, yes. Yes, I went there once on a holiday I was in a shop there and I saw a postcard with a beautiful house on it right by the sea And I asked whose house it was and the old lady said that's Mandalay Mandalay is beautiful But to me, it's just the place where I was born and have lived in all my life Now I don't suppose I shall ever see it again. Oh Well, we are we're lucky not to be home during the bad weather, aren't we? I can't ever remember enjoying swimming in England until June. Can you but the water's so warm here I could stay in all day There's a dangerous undertow and there was a man Brown here last year, but I never have any fear of drowning Have you why do you say that I said something wrong? I I didn't mean to No longer, I'll take you home That night I learned the reason for his strangeness. I was late getting back to the hotel As I opened the door of Mrs. Van Hopper's suite, I heard her talking to someone on the telephone Oh, yes, I knew him quite well. I knew his wife too. She was the beautiful Rebecca Hildreth, you know The most glamorous creature in all England. She was drowned for saying while she was sailing near Mandalay I'm glad it cannot happen twice The fever of first love For it is a fever and a burden too I have forgotten much of Monte Carlo for those morning drives with him of where we went what we said But I have not forgotten how I prembles I wish there could be an invention that bottled up the memory like perfume and then whenever I wanted to I could uncork the bottle and live the memory all over again at what particular moment in your young life Would you want to keep? Oh all of them all of these last few days Sometimes you know Those little bottles contain demons that have a way of popping out at you Just as you're trying most desperately to forget Yes, of course Stop biting your nails. I didn't know I was a Would you please tell me mr. The winter why you asked me to come out with you? It's obvious that you want to be kind, but why do you choose me for your charity? I asked you to come out with me because I wanted your company You've blotted out the past for me more than all the bright lights of Monte Carlo But if you think I just asked you out of kindness or charity you can get out of the car and find your own way home Go on open the door and get out. Take my handkerchief You better better blow your nose Thank you The wind please don't call me mr. The winter. I have a very impressive array of first names George Fortescue Maximilian You needn't bother with them all at once my family called me Maxine Come in come in. What are you doing here? Anything the matter? I've come to say goodbye Maxine. We're going away. What are you talking about? It's true. We're going now. I'm afraid. I was afraid. I wouldn't see you again. Where's she taking you to New York? I don't want to go. I shall hate it. I shall be miserable You might have a finished shaving and jump along, but I can't stay I Tell me something Which would you prefer New York or Mandalay? Oh, please don't joke about it. Mrs. Van Hopper's waiting and I I'd better say goodbye now I'll repeat what I said Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Mandalay with me You mean you want a secretary or something? I'm asking you to marry me you little fool Marry you Well My suggestion doesn't seem to have gone at all. Well, I'm sorry But you don't understand. I it's that I well, well, I'm not the sort of person men marry on that you mean I don't belong in your sort of world for one thing What is my sort of world? Well, Mandalay. Oh, you know what I mean Well, I'm the best judge of whether you belong there or not Of course, if you don't love me, that's a different thing Find blow to my conceit. That's all I do love you. I love you most dreadfully I've been crying all morning because I thought I'd never see you again Bless you for that I'll remind you of this one day and you won't believe me It's a pity you have to grow up. I was afraid to tell Mrs. Van Hopper. I knew what she would say When we were alone. She congratulated me But I didn't like her smile, but of course, you know fine He's marrying you don't you the fact is that empty house got on his nerves. He just couldn't go on living alone You've flattered yourself that he's in love with you I hope not after being married to Rebecca Hildreth the most beautiful the most cultured woman in all England Well, goodbye and good luck, Mrs. DeWinter We were married that evening in a little village near the sea and in May we came to Mandalay We arrived early in the evening It was raining as we drove through the high iron gates The drive twisted and turned as a serpent and then suddenly there was the house Mandalay a thing of grace and beauty and yet somehow almost frightening As we came into the great hall, I saw that it was crowded with people the staff of the house in the estate They stood silent and curious gazing at me and then someone advanced from the sea of faces She was tall and gaunt Dressed in deep black and her prominent cheekbones and hollow eyes gave her a sort of skulls face This is Mrs. Danvers You don't have to worry about the house at all darling. Mrs. Danvers takes care of everything. Good evening, Mrs. Danvers Good evening, madam. I have everything in readiness for you. Oh, that's very good of you Will you go to your room now madam, or will you have tea in the library? Why I don't the room first Mrs. Danvers. Yes, sir this way if you please madam I hope you'll approve the new decorations of these rooms madam Oh, I I didn't know that they'd been changed. What did it look like before it had an old paper and different hangings It was never used much except for occasional visitors Oh, then it wasn't mr. The window's room originally no madam He has never used the east wing before the only good view of the sea is from the west wing Room's very charming and and I'm sure that I shall be comfortable If there's anything you want done madam, you have only to tell me Mrs. Danvers, I suppose you've been at Mandalay for many years I came here when the first mrs. DeWinter was a bride I do hope we'll be friends mrs. Danvers, but you must be patient with me This sort of life is new to me And I do want to make a success of it and to make mr. DeWinter happy So I know that I can leave all the household arrangements to you I hope I shall do everything to your satisfaction madam I have managed the house since mr. DeWinter's death and mr. DeWinter has never complained I I think I'll go downstairs now certainly madam The room in the west wing I was telling you about is there through that door It's not used now It's the most beautiful room in the house the only one that looks down across the lawns to the sea It was mrs. DeWinter's room I knew even then that mrs. Danvers despised me Standing there watching me laughing silently at my awkwardness Telling me over and over that there had been another before me The beautiful Rebecca Hildreth There was everything to remind me of that The letter R embroidered on the linens Her writing paper and the drawers of the desk a dog who still slept outside her room She was everywhere at mandalay Rebecca who had died and who still wandered through that house I met someone else the next morning when I came down to breakfast Oh, good morning. Good morning You're mrs. DeWinter aren't you? Yes My name's Crawley. I managed your state for maxim awfully glad to meet you How do you do Fipped a lot of stuff piled up while maxim was away. Yes, I'm sure there must have been I do wish I could help you with some of it help him Frank never allows anyone to help him Like an old mother hen with his bills and rents and taxes come on frank. We must go over these estimates I'll get my papers the fine quantities of breakfast over there darling But you must eat it all or cook will be mortally offended. I'll do my best maxim later on the softest noon Maybe we'll take a walk around the estate Just you die darling There's a good deal. I'd like you to see I'll be ready maxim anytime That goes round you here. He isn't raining now maxim must I certainly certainly can't be too careful with children Oh, it's glory is here. I love every foot of it maxim Jasper yeah, not that great Jasper come back He went down those steps by the cliff. Where does that lead to? It leads to a little cove where we used to keep a boat. Let's go down there No, they're perfectly dull and an interesting stretch of sand just like any other. Oh, please It's some other time darling not today. Listen Is that Jasper? There must be something wrong. Perhaps he's hurt. No, he's all right. Leave him alone dear. I think I'd better go No, come back. Don't bother about him. I'll tell you he can't come to any harm. You'll find his own way back There you are. What do you want in that cottage Jasper? Come on home. Come on Jasper He comes here looking for her I didn't know there was anybody I know that dog He comes from the out He ain't yours No, he is mr. The winter's dog. I know that dog. He comes down looking for her Who whose cottage is this? Mrs. D winter Oh Come here Jasper You won't tell anyone you saw me near will you? Don't you belong on the estate? Yes, but I won't do anything I was just putting my shells away She's gone in the sea, ain't she she'll never come back no more No, she'll never come back Come on Jasper Come on boy. Oh, Maxime. I'm sorry. I was such a time. You knew I didn't want you together, but you deliberately went Oh, why not? There was only a cottage down there and a strange man. Well, don't go that again. Do you hear? Oh, why not? Because I hate the place And if you had my memories you wouldn't go there or talk about it or even think about it What a matter Oh, I'm sorry Maxime We should have stayed away We should never have come back to mandolin What a fool I was I've made you unhappy Somehow I've hurt you I can't bear to see you like this because Because I love you So much Do yours I've made you cry Forgive me I sometimes seem to fly off the handle for no reason at all. Don't I? Go home and have some tea and forget all about it. We'll bring you act two of Rebecca And now here's liby Collins our hollywood reporter To give us the lux radio theater's movie news of the week What's the good word tonight, liby? The big news this week, john is the hollywood premiere thursday night of the 20th century fox picture all about e Darl afsana can be proud of this sophisticated comedy about life behind the footlights. It's going to be a gala event All right, everyone wants to see betty davis and ann baxter in two very dramatic roles Oh, yes Betty is a famous star whose career is threatened by an apparently sweet and admiring young actress Played by ann baxter Almost too late. She finds she's befriended a ruthless schemer with no scruples about stealing her career And the man she loves and turns out to be a rather unsympathetic character doesn't she yes indeed But she's certainly easy on the eyes. Oh and what a glamour girl. She isn't all about eve She has charm and vivacity too That lux complexion of her has never looked lovelier than it does in the close-up camera close-ups are so revealing That's why of course so many famous stars depend on luck soak beauty care. Yes, john Screen stars can't take chances with million dollar complexions Luck soak gives delicate skin the protecting care it needs No wonder stars like ann baxter wouldn't be without it. There's something about that active lather It leaves skin looking so fresh all you do is smooth on that rich active lather Work it well in Rinse and then pat with a soft towel to dry That's ann baxter's daily care And I think every woman who tries it will be delighted with the new beauty Active lather facials give her skin. That's a smart tip living Luck soap is as gentle as finer soap as you can buy for complexion care Why not get hollywood's own beauty soap tomorrow? Remember nine out of ten screen stars use fragrant white luck toilets home Now our producer mr. William kealy act two of rebecca starring laurence Olivier as maxim And livian lee as mrs. De Witte The weather was wet and cold for almost a week and we didn't go down to the beach again But I couldn't forget the dark lost to look in maxim's eyes when they came up the path through the woods It was my fault Had gone down to that cottage I seemed to open up a road into the past and now because of it. There was a barrier between us I began to dread any mention of the scene Until one morning in the library. I was alone with frank crawley Oh, but you're not disturbing me mrs. De Witte Please if there's something I can explain about the estate when I I was down at the cottage on the beach the other day mr. Crawley The place seems to be going to rack and ruin Are those all rebecca's things down there? Yes. Yes, they are What did she use the cottage for? The the boat who used to be moored near there the boat Oh, was that the boat that she was sailing in when she was drowned? Yes, it kept sized and sank and she was washed overboard Where did they find her near edge come about 40 miles up channel about two months afterwards Maxim went up to identifier. It was horrible for him. Yes, it must have been Mr. Crawley Please don't think me morbidly curious, but would you answer just one more question? If there's something I'm able to answer Tell me What was rebecca really like? I suppose I suppose she was the most beautiful creature I've ever saw Maxim had to go up to london at the end of june from business of the estate Frank crawley had gone along with him and I was alone at mandalay I was surprised one evening to hear voices coming from the west wing from the room that had been rebecca's I recognized one as mrs. Danvers The other was a man's voice a stranger I really don't think it was wise for you to come here mr. Jack. No nonsense nonsense. It's been just like coming back home I must say I feel a little like the poor relations sneaking around through back doors Well to do danin. Goodbye, mr. Jack and please be careful. I will don't worry Oh, hello Good evening. Danny all your precautions were in vain. The mistress of the house was hiding behind the door I wasn't really I heard voices. What about presenting me to the bride danin. This is mr. Favel madam How do you do? How do you do? Uh Won't you have some tea or something? Now isn't that a charming invitation? I've been asked to stay to tea danin. It's rather late. Oh, well, perhaps you're right And we must lead the bride astray must win Well, goodbye. Oh, and I know what was wrong with our introduction Danny didn't tell you did she I'm rebecca's favorite cousin to do The man went quickly down the stairs and mrs. Danvers went after him I had a terrifying impulse to see what lay behind the door in front of me The door of rebecca's room I pushed it open slowly I could hear the seed plainly through the window I had expected to see the furniture squire that in dust sheets But nothing was covered up There were flowers on the dressing table a satin dressing on on the chair And beneath a pair of bedroom slippers and then suddenly The door closed behind me Do you wish anything madam? No, no, I I just You always wanted to see this room, haven't you? Why did you never ask me to show it to you? It's a lovely room, isn't it the most beautiful room you've ever seen Everything is kept just as mrs. DeWinter liked it. Nothing has been altered since that last night This is where I keep her closed You would like to see them wouldn't you? Feel this wrap It was a christmas present from mr. DeWinter. He was always giving her expensive gifts the whole year round You wouldn't think she'd been gone so long would you? Sometimes when I walk along the corridor I fancy I hear her just behind me that quick light step I couldn't mistake it anywhere. It's not only in this room. It's it's in all the rooms in the house I can almost hear it now Do you believe the dead come back and watch the living? No, no, I don't believe it. Sometimes I wonder if she doesn't come back here to mandalay And what you and mr. DeWinter together You looked tired Why don't you stay here a while and rest? Listen to the scene. It's so soothing. No, no, listen to it Listen to the scene. I won't listen. I'm glad you're home again You're choking me. Who am I? Well, well, what have you been doing with yourself? Darling, I've been thinking Could we have a costume ball just as you used to? Now what put that idea into my nothing I just feel that we ought to do something to make people feel that mandalay is the same as it always was Oh, please darling, could we? All right, if you think you'd enjoy it You better get mrs. Danvers to help you, isn't you? No, no, I don't need mrs. Danvers to help me I can do it by myself All right, my sweet. I'm sure you can But mrs. Danvers did help me It was she who suggested that I design my costume after one of the family portraits in the gallery A lovely young woman in a white dress with great puffed sleeves and a hat with gay ribbons When the night of the party arrived I could hardly contain myself for excitement For I'd kept the costume as a surprise for Maxine I ran quickly down the stairs And then I waited for the clapping and the laughter that would greet me Suddenly they were all quiet Nobody clapped Nobody moved And then Maxine was coming towards me his face white his eyes blazing What the devil do you think you're doing? Maxine Picture the one in the gallery Well go and take it off go and take it off. It doesn't matter what you put on anything will do What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear what I said? Watch this and take it off I help you with another gown madam. No No, thank you, mrs. Danvers Mr. DeWitt was upset I watched you just now madam I watched you go down the stairs just as I watched her a year ago Even in the same dress you couldn't compare with her the same dress You knew it. You knew that you wore it and yet you deliberately suggested I wear it Why do you hate me? What have I done to you that you should hate me so? You tried to take her place. You let him marry you I've seen his face his eyes They're the same as those first weeks after she died I used to listen to him walking up and down up and down all night long night after night Thinking of her suffering torture because he lost her. I don't want to know. I don't want to know You thought you could be mrs. DeWinter live in her house walk in her steps Take the things that were hers But she's too strong for you. You can't fight her. No one ever got the better of her never never She was beaten in the end, but it wasn't a man. It wasn't a woman. It was the sea You're overwrought madam I'll open the window for you a little air will do you good Come and stand here madam Don't be afraid Now it now look down there Isn't the sea lovely? Why don't you go? Why don't you leave mandolin? He doesn't need you He's got his memories You've nothing to stay for you've nothing to live for really have you Look down there It's easy. Isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on Don't be afraid Why don't you jump heaven ship rate? There's a ship of ground sending up rockets. Robert Robert. Notify the coast guard ship wreck Frank heavy was he max him on the beach nuts since half an hour ago. He hasn't been in the house all night I'm afraid something might have happened to him Frank what's the matter? You look terribly worried Well the diver who went down to inspect the bottom of the ship Came across the hull of another boat A little sailboat Frank is it? Yes. Yes, it's Rebecca's boat Rebecca's? Oh, why do they have to find it? Why couldn't they have left it there in peace at the bottom of the sea? Poor Max It will be so hard on him Yes, it's going to bring it all back again And worse than before I searched the beach frantically for max him, but there was no sign of him And suddenly I came upon the boat house Rebecca's cottage. There was a light burning dimly in the window I pushed open the door and there in the glow of the dying fire I saw the tortured face of max you haven't had any sleep Have you forgiven me? For getting you for last night for my stupidity about the costume Oh that oh max him can't restart all over again I don't ask that you should love me. I won't ask impossible things That'll be your friend and companion. I'll be happy with that You love me very much, don't you? But it's too late my darling We've lost our little chance of happiness. No max him. Yes. No. It's all over now Rebecca has won Her shadow has been between us all the time Keeping us from one another She knew this would happen What are you saying? They sent a diver down He found another boat. I know Rebecca's boat. Yeah The diver made another discovery He broke one of the ports and looked into the cabin There was a body in there Then she wasn't alone. There was someone sailing with her. You don't understand There was no one with her It's Rebecca's body lying there on a cabin floor. No The woman that was washed up at Edgecum The woman that is now buried in the family crypt That was not Rebecca That was the body of some unknown woman Unclaim Belonging nowhere I identified it But I knew it wasn't Rebecca I knew where Rebecca's body was Lying on that cabin floor on the bottom of the sea Max him How did you know because I put it there Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now? See I was right It's too late. No, it's not too late. You're not to say that We can't lose each other now. We must be together always always We may only have a few hours a few days. Oh maxim. Why didn't you tell me before? Sometimes I nearly did but you never seemed close enough How could we be close when I knew you were always thinking of Rebecca? How could I even ask you to love me when I knew that you loved Rebecca still? What are you talking about? You thought I loved Rebecca I hated her Hated her I was carried away by her enchanted by her as everyone was But I never had a moment's happiness with her He was incapable of love Or tenderness Or decency You didn't love her Remember that cliff where you first saw me in Monte Carlo? Well, I went there with Rebecca on our honeymoon That was where I found out about her Four days after we were married She stood there laughing Her black hair blowing in the wind And told me all about herself Things I'll never tell a living soul. I wanted I wanted to kill her I'll make a bargain with you, she said You'd look rather foolish trying to divorce me now after four days of marriage So I'll play the part of the devoted wife Mistress of your precious mandolin And people will visit us and envious And say we're the luckiest, happiest couple in the country What a grand joke it'll be What a triumph I should never have accepted her dirty bargain that I did And I kept it So did she apparently But after a while she began to grow careless She took her flat in London and she'd stay away for days at a time And she started to bring her friends down here I warned her but she only shrugged her shoulders Then there was a cousin of hers A man named Favel Yes, I know him He came the day you went to London Why didn't you tell me? I didn't like to I thought it would remind you of Rebecca Remind me As if I needed reminding Favel used to visit her here in this cottage I found out about it and I warned her But if he came here again I'd shoot them both One night when I found that she'd come back quietly from London I thought that Favel was with her I decided to come down here and have it out with both of them But she was alone She was lying on the divan She looked ill Queer Suddenly she got up Started to walk toward me And I have a child, she said Neither you nor anyone else can ever prove it wasn't yours You'd like to have an heir, wouldn't you Max? For your precious mandolin And she started to laugh How funny, she said I'll be the perfect mother just as I've been the perfect wife No one will ever know It was face to face with me She was smiling Well Max, what are you going to do about it? Aren't you going to kill me? I suppose I went mad for a moment I must have struck her She stood staring at me She looked almost triumphant Then she started to walk me again, smiling Suddenly she stumbled and fell And I looked down Ages afterwards it seemed She was lying on the floor It struck her head on a heavy piece of ship's tackle I remember wondering why she was still smiling Then I realized she was dead But you didn't kill her It was an accident Who would believe me I lost my head I knew I had to do something, anything I carried her out to the boat I put her in the cabin When the boat seemed a safe distance from the shore I took a spike and drove it again and again Through the planking of the hull I opened up the seacocks And the water began to come in fast Then I climbed over into the dinghy and pulled away Then I saw the boat Heel over and sink It started to rain Maxine, does anyone else know this? No No one Then you must explain it It's got to be the body of someone you've never seen before No No, they're bound to know her Her rings and bracelets She always wore them They'll identify her body Then they'll remember that other woman The other woman buried in the crypt I've done a very selfish thing in marrying you I've loved you, my darling I shall always love you But I've known all along that Rebecca would win in the end No No, she hasn't won No matter what happens now she hasn't won Well Hello Frank Who? Colonel Julian? We'll tell him I'll meet him there as soon as I possibly can What happened? Colonel Julian called He's the chief constable of the country He wants to know if I could possibly have made a mistake About that other body In a few moments we'll return with a third act of Rebecca Acting in a school play often leads to more than local fame The guest I've invited tonight, Miss Barbara Rush Really began her professional career with her part in a class play At Santa Barbara State College That's so Barbara? Yes, Mr. Keely Because it got me a scholarship at the Pasadena Playhouse Where so many studios have discovered fresh new talent Well that's how it turned out for me One night when I was appearing in Antony and Cleopatra A Paramount talent scout saw me and signed me up I'm sure you made a lovely Cleopatra Have you any particular ambition in pictures, Barbara? Well, to be good enough actors to play different kinds of roles, Mr. Keely I'm thinking of Betty Hutton's new Paramount Technicolor musical Let's Dance And believe it or not, Betty has never danced on the screen before And imagine all those intricate dance routines she does with Fred Astaire Yes, Betty is certainly a remarkably versatile star You know you have to be good to be Fred Astaire's partner They make a terrific team and let's dance As they sing, dance and romance And Betty lives up to her reputation as a comedian too That's a hilarious scene when she makes up her mind to sleep in the bathtub Sounds very uncomfortable It was only for a few minutes, Mr. Kennedy Afterward she could take plenty of time to relax in her own bathtub In her Luxo Beauty Bath Then which there's nothing more refreshing Yes, that big new bath size cake is so luxurious And I love the Luxo perfume It leaves such a delicate fragrance on the skin Yes, screen stars say this beauty bath makes them sure of all over Lux's loveliness Thank you, Ms. Barbara Rush for coming tonight And now a Hollywood beauty hint to women everywhere Try this generous satin smooth bath size Lux Toilets Hope You'll enjoy the creamy abundant lather, the flower-like perfume Nine out of ten screen stars use Lux Toilets Hope We pause now for a station identification This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System The curtain rises on Act 3 of Rebecca Starring Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter And Vivian Lee as Mrs. de Winter The body they had found in the boat was identified as Rebecca de Winter There had to be an inquest, of course Maxim was calm, almost too calm I think that frightened me even more Sorry to drag you back for further questioning, Mr. de Winter But you've heard the statement of the boat builder, Mr. Ted I wonder if you can help us in any way I'm afraid not The holes in the planking were evidently made from the inside Can you think of any reason for that? Of course I can't think of any reason Then since Mrs. de Winter went sailing alone Are we to believe that she drove those holes herself? You may believe whatever you like Can you enlighten us as to why Mrs. de Winter should have wanted to end her own life? I know of no reason, whatever Mr. de Winter, however painful it may be I have to ask you a very personal question Were relations between you and the late Mrs. de Winter perfectly happy? Once again, were relations between you and... I won't stand this any longer, and you might as well know... Mrs. de Winter! Will a journal fill out the luncheon? Darling, you alright? Frank, help me, I'll take her outside Take her to the car You're very foolish of me, painting like that Hello! Maxim, it's that... it's for Belle And how does the bride find herself today? What do you want for Belle? Oh, Max, I was rather worried about you when I heard about the inquest That's why I came down I'm touched by your solicitude, but you don't mind My guess is they'll turn in a verdict of suicide And that is, of course, unless something unforeseen occurs What do you mean? Well, I have a strong feeling that before the day is out Somebody is going to make use of that rather expressive, though old-fashioned term Hull play Go on You see, Max, I find myself in a rather awkward position You've only got to read this note to understand It's from Rebecca She wrote it to me the day she died Oh, I'm not going to bother you with the contents now But I can assure you that it's not the note of a woman who intends to drown herself the same night You know, Max I've often wondered what it would be like to retire to the country Have a nice little place with a few acres of shooting I've never figured out what it would cost a year I'd like to talk about it with you Darling, Mr. Favela and I have a little business transaction on hand I think we'd better conduct it over to the inn They may have a private room there Max, him He won't right now, dear Yes, but I... Your friend will be here in a moment Ask him to find Colonel Julian Then bring them both over to the inn immediately Come on, Favela, let's go Colonel Julian, this is Mr. Favela Oh, I know Colonel Julian. We're old friends, aren't we? Good morning Since you're old friends, I assume you also know that he's head of the police here I think it might be interesting to hear your proposition I don't know what you mean I only want to see justice done, Colonel The evidence suggested certain possible theories concerning Rebecca's death One of them, of course, is suicide Now, I have a little note here which puts that possibility quite out of court Will you read it, Colonel? Jack, darling, I've just seen the doctor And I'm going to Mandalay right away I shall be at the cottage all this evening And shall leave the door open for you I have something terribly important to tell you Rebecca Now, does that look like the note of a woman who had made up her mind to kill herself? Now, come, Colonel, as an officer of the law Don't you feel that there's some slight grounds for suspicion? Of murder Or what else? It's blackmail, pure and simple Blackmail's not so pure nor so simple, Mr. Crawley Mr. Favel, perhaps you can provide us also with a motive I knew you were going to bring that up, Colonel Yes, I'll supply that, too What are you going to do? You come in, Mrs. Danvers? Oh, thank you Colonel Julian, Mrs. Danvers I believe you know everyone else, Danny Mrs. Danvers, there are a few questions No, friends, Colonel, but I think if I put this to Danny, she'll understand it more easily Danny, who was Rebecca's doctor? Mrs. DeWinter always had Dr. McClain from the village No, no, no, you heard I said Rebecca's doctor in London We know that Rebecca went to a doctor in London on the last day of her life Who was it? I don't know I understand, Danny, you're trying to defend her But that's what I'm doing No, Mrs. Danvers, it has been suggested that Mrs. DeWinter was deliberately murdered There you have it in a nutshell, Danny But there's one more thing you'll want to know The name of the murderer George Fortescue Maximillian DeWinter Well, Danny There was a doctor Mrs. DeWinter sometimes went to him privately What was his name? Dr. Baker, 165 Goldhoff Road, Shepherd's Book There you are, Colonel, there's where you'll find your motive He will tell you why Rebecca went to him To confirm the fact that she was going to have a child A sweet, curly-headed little child She told Max about it And so, like the gentleman of the old school that he is He killed up Maxim, I'm afraid we shall have to question this, Dr. Baker I'm ready to leave now, if you wish Maxim, let me go with you Please, darling, wait for me at Mandalay I'll be back first thing in the morning You're still sure you never had a patient by the name of Rebecca DeWinter, doctor? Never, Colonel Julian Oh, here, here are all the appointments for that day Ross, Campbell, Stiddle, Perino, Danvers, Matthew Danny? What, the devil? You'll read that name again, did you say Danvers? Yes, Mr. DeWinter, I had a Mrs. Danvers for three o'clock What did she look like? Can you remember? Yes, yes, I remember quite well She was a very beautiful woman, tall, dark, exquisitely dressed Rebecca, the lady must have used an assumed name, Dr. Baker Is that so? Well, this is a surprise I'd known her for some time, what was the matter with her? My dear sir, there are certain edgings She'll possibly supply a reason, Dr. Baker, for Mrs. DeWinter's suicide For her murder, you mean? She was going to have a child, wasn't she? Come on, out with it No, she was not, Mr. Favela She was very seriously ill She was not going to have a child That was what she thought, but my diagnosis was quite different She wanted the truth and I told her She had only a few months to live A few months? Perhaps even less There was nothing that could be done Nothing that she could do Except wait, did she? Did she say anything when you told her? She smiled in a queer sort of way Oh yes, I remember she said something that struck me as being very peculiar at the time When I told her it was a matter of months, she said Oh no, Doctor, not that long Oh thank you, you've been very kind You've told us all we wanted to know I'd like to have a talk with you and Mr. Favela I didn't know that Will we be needed any further than the inquest, Colonel Julian? No, I can see to it that Maxon's not troubled any further Thank you, Colonel Frank? Yes? There's something you don't know Oh no, there isn't Yes, there is I didn't kill her, Frank But I know now that when she told me about the child She wanted me to kill her She lied on purpose She foresaw the whole thing That's why she stood there laughing Don't think about it anymore Well, Sir Madam waxed him But why did you start? But what time is it? Oh, it must be three or four Why? Look at the sky Over that way Can't be the dawn breaking over there Hardly, perhaps it's northern nights But it's in the winter that you see them, isn't it? They aren't the northern lights That's Mandalay It's burning What if you see me since the winter? Where is she? Maxon, Maxon, here Oh, thank heaven you've come back to me Yes, I'm all right Mrs. Danvers, she's gone mad She set the fire She said she'd rather destroy Mandalay than see us happy here At the window, to which wing? Maxon, she's been killed Last night I dreamt I went to Mandalay again As I stood there hushed and still I could swear that the house was not an empty shell But lived and breathed as it had long ago But Mandalay is no more And we are happy now, Maxon and I For all our fears and suffering And I'm buried in its ruin The curtain falls on Rebecca And all our thanks for a truly memorable evening with Mrs. Olivier and Vivienne Lee Lawrence, the last time we met the circumstances were quite different It was in England during the war Yes, I remember it well You came down to Denham Studios while we were filming Henry V You were making a picture for the American Air Force, isn't it, Bill? Yes, and as I spent most of my time on the bomber stations I didn't have the opportunity of seeing you, Vivienne Well, we hope you'll make us another visit again, Bill Perhaps we'll be able to repay some of Hollywood's wonderful hospitality We just can't believe that any two people were generously treated And the same was true in New Orleans as well I believe you were there on location making scenes for your picture streetcar named Desire Well, Scarlett O'Hara should have felt right at home in New Orleans That's right, Bill It looks like all of Vivienne's American picture career will be spent in the deep south By the way, Vivienne didn't you play streetcar named Desire on the London stage for some time? Well, as a matter of fact I did And then when Larry decided to come over for Paramount to make the picture of Carrie for William Weiler I decided to take advantage of Warner Brothers offer to do streetcar And what are your immediate plans? Oh, plenty of rest You see, we're taking the long way home We're sailing next week on a tramp steamer Mmm, sounds wonderful And what about when you get back to England? More Shakespearean roles, Wallace? No, I... I rather think we'll do something a little lighter for a change Fine, you know we'd love to see you both in the comedy Well, which part would you ask, Bill? What's your plan next week? Well, next week we'll present one of our special musical treats That's a boisterous comedy as well 20th Century Fox's recent screen hit Warbash Avenue And our stars will appear in their original roles Betty Grable and Victor Mature A wonderful cast and a musical of the wonderful gay knighting I'm sure everyone will look forward to that, Bill just as much as we do Good night Who is this Hollywood star? 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