#135: HITCHCOCK, Alfred: Rebecca (1940)
HITCHCOCK, Alfred (United States)
Rebecca [1940]
Spine #135
DVD
DVD
"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Rebecca's haunting opening line conjures the entirety of Alfred Hitchcock's romantic, suspenseful, elegant film. A young woman (Joan Fontaine) believes her every dream has come true when her whirlwind romance with the dashing Maxim de Winter culminates in marriage. But she soon realizes that Rebecca, the late first Mrs. de Winter, haunts both the temperamental, brooding Maxim and the de Winter mansion, Manderley. In order for Maxim and the new Mrs. de Winter to have a future, Rebecca's spell must be broken and the mystery of her violent death unraveled. The first collaboration between producer David O. Selznick and Hitchcock, Rebecca was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's popular novel and won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Picture and Cinematography (Black and White).
130 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2001
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Daphne du Mauier.
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison.
Adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan.
Alfred Hitchcock was 41 when he directed Rebecca.
Other Hitchcock films in the Collection:
#885: The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog (1927)
#643: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
#56: The 39 Steps (1935)
#3: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
#696: Foreign Correspondent (1940)
#136: Spellbound (1945)
#137: Notorious (1946)
The Film
Other Hitchcock films in the Collection:
#885: The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog (1927)
#643: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
#56: The 39 Steps (1935)
#3: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
#696: Foreign Correspondent (1940)
#136: Spellbound (1945)
#137: Notorious (1946)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twenty-two page booklet featuring an essay by Robin Wood and George E. Turner.
Commentary
By film scholar Leonard J. Leff, author of Hitchcock and Sleznick.
Isolated music and effects track
Rare
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twenty-two page booklet featuring an essay by Robin Wood and George E. Turner.
Commentary
By film scholar Leonard J. Leff, author of Hitchcock and Sleznick.
Isolated music and effects track
Rare
Screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Leigh, Baxter, Young, Sullavan, and Fontaine.
Hitchcock on Rebecca
Hitchcock on Rebecca
Excerpts from his conversations with François Truffaut.
Phone interviews
Phone interviews
With stars Fontaine and Anderson from 1986.
Hundreds of behind-the-scenes
Hundreds of behind-the-scenes
Photos chronicling the film’s production from location scouting, set photos and wardrobe continuity to ads, posters, and promotional memorabilia.
Production correspondence
Production correspondence
And casting notes.
Deleted scene
Script excerpts.
1939 test screening questionnaire
Essay
On Rebecca author du Maurier.
Re-issue trailer
Three hours of complete radio show adaptations:
- 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre broadcast, including an interview with author du Maurier.
- 1941 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino, including an interview with David O. Selznick.
- 1950 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Olivier and Leigh.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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