Pros: acting of Laurence Olivier and Judith Anderson, Hitchcock's direction Cons: none
Adapted from the book by Daphne du Maurier, the film Rebecca was the first American film project for Alfred Hitchcock. David O. Selznick, who had previously produced the classic Gone with the Wind, also produced...
Pros: Flawless acting, witty script, great music, the last half-hour Cons: A wee bit too much foreplay.
One great thing about my grandmother is that every time we go to visit her, she tells me to help myself to anything... and when I laid eyes upon her collection of movies, I about drooled like a kid on Christmas Eve. One such movie I absolutely knew I ...
Pros: Olivier and Fontaine, and the incredible Judith Anderson Cons: Missing a few key Hitchcock trademarks,and takes some time to see
Long discussed as the first film Alfred Hitchcock made in Hollywood, as well as the beginning of the legendary conflict between Selznick and Hitchcock, this movie is in the end, best remembered as a magnificent film, worthy of every Academy Award it...
In 1940, David O. Selznick was still basking in the enormous commercial and critical success of his Gone With the Wind. The producer's next project was nearly as successful, another box office sensation that would win Best Picture in addition to...
Pros: Judith Anderson, Joan Fontaine Cons: some of the dialogue, time length
It is hard to imagine that the only film from director Alfred Hitchcock’s comprehensive filmography to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture was the one project with the least ‘Hitchcockian’ mannerisms for which he is world renowned for today, but it’...
Pros: It's an intriguing and suspenseful story. Cons: The first name of the second Mrs. de Winter is never mentioned.
What happens when everyone frequently compares you to your husband's late first wife? This is what happens in Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film "Rebecca". This classic, Best Picture Oscar winner stars Sir Laurence Olivier as George Fortescu Maximillian de ...
Pros: performance, direction Cons: some may underestimate its depths
Keats based his entire canon on the search for the immortal beloved – the shining ideal that, once attained, becomes something considerably more mundane (Madonna/w-hore), but, clearly, the desire for what can never be had is something that is a staple of...
I love Hitchcock and I love Du Maurier's Rebecca, so you may think it a no-brainer that I am a huge fan of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Far too often however, I have seen my favorite books and stories butchered on the big screen, so I truly appreciate old...
Lawrence Olivier's famous quote for the 1940's film, REBECCA. Starring Joan Fontaine as a mystery girl, she married Maxim DeWinter (Olivier) a year after the death of his first wife, Rebecca. The new Mrs. DeWinter is shy, introverted and naive. All she...
Pros: This was the first of many Hitchcock films...most of which were better. Cons: The poor girl didn't even have a name....
I first read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca when I was in middle school. It confused me then, but I chalked that up to inexperience and forgot about it. I reread it about three years ago and it STILL confused me. So, when I saw Alfred Hitchcock's movie ve ...
Pros: Definite Sense of Separation at Ending Cons: Tiny Story Flaw
The riveting monologue that begins this film may as well have been spoken just this morning. Joan Fontain's spoken introduction to <hmtl>Rebecca</html> is timeless.
Olivier plays the role of mysterious tycoon...
Pros: great story Cons: might not appeal to action addicts
I may be a little biased because I love old movies, and I love the writings of Daphne DuMaurier, so of course, I loved this combination! I have seen this movie several times and I'm sure I will see it again. The premise is this: A young orphan girl is...
Pros: Good movie that can be enjoyed at any time. Cons: None.
Rebecca is a wonderful story about a women who is haunted by her husband’s dead wife. The new wife, whose name is never revealed, feels that she is constantly competing with Rebecca. She feels that to her husband’s family she can never live up to the...
Pros: period movie, Lawrence....say no more Cons: there is no sequel!
Rebecca has been a favorite of mine for a very long time. Sir Olivier (sp?) has always been one of my favorite actors ( along with Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson). I never give details of the plot in any reviews I do.
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