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Rebecca (1940) - Best Picture Winner
Posted on 6/29/20 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 12:52 pm
I had seen this Hitchcock classic before, but not from the beginning, so I’ve been looking for it through my various Roku channels for months.
I finally found it on a new channel that plays old classic movies and I watched it last night. What a great film!
Some interesting tidbits that I think I missed the first time around:
- To underscore the passivity of the female lead (and by comparison, amplify the role of Rebecca, who is never shown) Joan Fountain’s character is never actually named, other than as “the second Mrs. de Winters”.
- The masterful way that the story leaves an impression of Rebecca’s evil presence being supernatural. I don’t want to go into more details to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie.
I might have to include Rebecca in my top 5 favorite Hitchcock films. That’s high praise coming from me, but I think it’s that good!
I finally found it on a new channel that plays old classic movies and I watched it last night. What a great film!
Some interesting tidbits that I think I missed the first time around:
- To underscore the passivity of the female lead (and by comparison, amplify the role of Rebecca, who is never shown) Joan Fountain’s character is never actually named, other than as “the second Mrs. de Winters”.
- The masterful way that the story leaves an impression of Rebecca’s evil presence being supernatural. I don’t want to go into more details to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie.
I might have to include Rebecca in my top 5 favorite Hitchcock films. That’s high praise coming from me, but I think it’s that good!
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Posted on 6/29/20 at 1:01 pm to Jimbeaux
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- To underscore the passivity of the female lead (and by comparison, amplify the role of Rebecca, who is never shown) Joan Fountain’s character is never actually named, other than as “the second Mrs. de Winters”.
Not sure that Hitchcock should get much credit for that b/c Daphne du Maurier never revealed the second Mrs. de Winters' name in the book either.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 1:08 pm to Jimbeaux
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Joan Fontaine
Olivia De Havilland's real life sister.
The only siblings to both win the Oscar for best actor.
The year that Fontaine won, she was up against her sister.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 1:09 pm to Dr RC
Fair enough. Maybe I left the wrong impression. I didn’t mean to give all the credit to Hitchcock. Heck, the movie was produced by Selznick, so I’m sure he deserves some credit, too!
Still, it’s in the list of Hitchcock films, which is a great list.
Still, it’s in the list of Hitchcock films, which is a great list.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 1:11 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Olivia De Havilland's real life sister.
And they hated each other! They seethed with jealousy.!
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:16 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Joan Fontaine
Olivia De Havilland's real life sister.
The only siblings to both win the Oscar for best actor.
The year that Fontaine won, she was up against her sister.
Thank you! I couldn't deal with Joan Fountain.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:23 pm to Jimbeaux
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Fair enough. Maybe I left the wrong impression. I didn’t mean to give all the credit to Hitchcock. Heck, the movie was produced by Selznick, so I’m sure he deserves some credit, too!
They did a great job of translating the book to the big screen. But to be fair, the script followed Daphne du Marier's book very closely. It's a great book. People still read it today.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:31 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Olivia De Havilland's real life sister.
The only siblings to both win the Oscar for best actor.
The year that Fontaine won, she was up against her sister.
And they did not like each other in those days either. There was a brutal sibling rivalry going on. I don't think they settled their differences until the 70s. While Olivia went on to win two Oscars to Joan's one, Fontaine always loved to gloat how she won an Oscar before Olivia did - despite Olivia being the more celebrated talent.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:45 pm to Jimbeaux
Loved the book.
Movie is good.
Olivier, Danvers are great and there is a palpable sense of foreboding that is captured by Hitchcock like he usually does in his films.
I don’t like how they changed the story from the book re Rebecca’s death. In the book, the revelation was a huge stunner. In the movie, it was neutered by a clumsy and unbelievable modification.
Movie is good.
Olivier, Danvers are great and there is a palpable sense of foreboding that is captured by Hitchcock like he usually does in his films.
I don’t like how they changed the story from the book re Rebecca’s death. In the book, the revelation was a huge stunner. In the movie, it was neutered by a clumsy and unbelievable modification.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:47 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Olivia De Havilland
Turns 104 Wednesday.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 5:29 pm to Jimbeaux
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found it on a new channel that plays old classic movies
What's it called?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:40 pm to LuckyTiger
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In the movie, it was neutered by a clumsy and unbelievable modification.
BS Hays Code fricked them (and many other movies) over on that one. LINK
Posted on 6/29/20 at 10:29 pm to chinese58
The channel is called, “TV Time”
They have categories: “Feature Films”, “Actors and Actresses”, “Cozy Mysteries”, and “Christmas”, and it says “more categories coming soon.”
They have categories: “Feature Films”, “Actors and Actresses”, “Cozy Mysteries”, and “Christmas”, and it says “more categories coming soon.”
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