When I did the movie trivia blog the other day, there was one movie that many did not know of, Rebecca. This movie, is based upon the book (of the same title), written in 1938 by Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca is the story of a young naïve woman who works as a companion to a rich American woman. They are vacationing on the French Rivera when the young woman (who remains unnamed thru ought the book and the movie) becomes acquainted with a wealthy Englishman, Maximilian (Maxim) de Winter, a somewhat older widower. After having spent a few days with him, he asks her to marry him. After they are married, she accompanies him to his mansion, the beautiful and huge country estate of Manderley.
At Manderley, she meets Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who was profoundly devoted to the first Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca. She continually, psychologically undermines the second Mrs. de Winter, suggesting to her that she will never attain the knowledge or charm that Rebecca possessed. Lacking self-confidence and overwhelmed by her new life, the young woman is convinced that Maxim regrets his impetuous decision to marry her and is still deeply in love with his first wife, the seemingly perfect Rebecca. I can't tell you any more than that.
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, turned it into a fabulous movie in 1940. In fact, it was the only film that Hitchcock did that won an Oscar for best picture. The movie stared Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson (who is pure evil), George Sanders (one of my favorites) and Nigel Bruce.
If you are looking to watch a GREAT suspense movie, please watch this one! Hitchcock loved this author's work so much that he turned two more of her stories into movies, one of which was The Birds.
Rent it today and tell me if I'm wrong!
At Manderley, she meets Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who was profoundly devoted to the first Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca. She continually, psychologically undermines the second Mrs. de Winter, suggesting to her that she will never attain the knowledge or charm that Rebecca possessed. Lacking self-confidence and overwhelmed by her new life, the young woman is convinced that Maxim regrets his impetuous decision to marry her and is still deeply in love with his first wife, the seemingly perfect Rebecca. I can't tell you any more than that.
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, turned it into a fabulous movie in 1940. In fact, it was the only film that Hitchcock did that won an Oscar for best picture. The movie stared Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson (who is pure evil), George Sanders (one of my favorites) and Nigel Bruce.
If you are looking to watch a GREAT suspense movie, please watch this one! Hitchcock loved this author's work so much that he turned two more of her stories into movies, one of which was The Birds.
Rent it today and tell me if I'm wrong!
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