Rebecca

Film Info

United States
1940
130 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
Spine #135

“Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Rebecca’s haunting opening line conjures the entirety of 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).

Cast

"I"	Joan Fontaine
Maxim de Winter	Laurence Olivier
Jack Favell	George Sanders
Mrs. Danvers	Judith Anderson
Beatrice Lacy	Gladys Cooper
Giles Lacy	Nigel Bruce
Frank Crawley	Reginald Denny
Colonel Julyan	C. Aubrey Smith
The coroner	Melville Cooper
Mrs. Van Hopper	Florence Bates

Credits

Director	Alfred Hitchcock
Producer	David O. Selznick
Screenplay	Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison
Adaptation by	Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan
Cinematography	George Barnes
Special effects	Jack Cosgrove
Music	Franz Waxman
Associate (music)	Lou Forbes
Art direction	Lyle Wheeler
Interiors designed by	Joseph B. Platt
Interior decoration by	Howard Bristol
Supervising film editor	Hal C. Kern
Associate film editor	James E. Newcom
Scenario assistant	Barbara Keon
Recordist	Jack Noyes
Assistant director	Edmond Bernoudy
Editing	W. Donn Hayes

Disc Features

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET

Glorious new digital film and sound restoration
Commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff, author of Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywood
Isolated music and effects track
Rare screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan, and Joan Fontaine
Hitchcock on Rebecca, excerpts from his conversations with François Truffaut
Phone interviews with stars Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson from 1986
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 and casting notes
Deleted scene script excerpts
1939 test screening questionnaire
Essay on Rebecca author Daphne du Maurier
Footage from the 1940 13th Annual Academy Awards™ ceremony
Re-issue trailer
Three hours of complete radio show adaptations:
1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre broadcast, including an interview with Daphne 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 Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
PLUS: A 22-page booklet, including liner notes by Robin Wood, author of Hitchcock’s Films and Hitchcock’s Films Revisited, and George Turner’s essay “Du Maurier + Selznick + Hitchcock = Rebecca"