And we are back with another Hitchcock film! This time it is the much requested Rebecca and let me tell you this movie was such a treat! I was so intrigued by the mysterious Rebecca as well as scared stiff by Mrs. Danvers. I would love to hear your thoughts on this film if you have any! Thanks for watching and have a great day! :)

@alexanderhagmanwilberg640

2 жыл бұрын

I love that you're watching so many Hitchcock films! Take care :)

@robertjewell9727

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to all the next Hitchcock reactions. This was great.

Other characters who are cold, dark and creepy are referred to as a Mrs Danvers, as Judith Anderson gave such an outstanding performance as the mysterious housekeeper who lives for nothing else but her memory of Rebecca.

The character we knew and learned the most about was Rebecca. And we never even met her! Great Hitchcock stuff.

@BR-jt6ny

2 жыл бұрын

It's so cool how Rebecca is never seen and we never know the name of the main character. Really heightens the sense of the oppressiveness the memory of Rebecca has.

@tommoncrieff1154

Жыл бұрын

That’s not Hitchcock’s invention, though, it was Daphne Du Maurier’s. Rebecca never appears in the novel yet she is on nearly every page, including the title page, and haunts every scene. The idea is loosely inspired by Mrs Rochester in Jane Eyre, except that while she is locked away and hidden she IS alive and inside the house protected by the faithful housekeeper and that home burns down too. Du Maurier weakens her protagonist by not naming her, it’s part of her modesty and her inferior position to the first Mrs De Winter.

Joan Fontaine is indeed nameless in the role of "I"- she deserved an Oscar for "Rebecca" IMO, but the Academy gave it to Fontaine the following year for another Hitchcock, the pretty-good "Suspicion." And you should check out "Shadow of a Doubt"- Hitchcock named it as the favorite of his films.

This movie is brilliant. And it needed no remake, it's already perfect.

@halcromwell9030

Жыл бұрын

Film studios these days don't care if a movie needs a remake or not as long as they can remake it (and hopefully make money). That's why Disney keeps pushing those bloody live action things on us.

@deckofcards87

10 ай бұрын

Agreed. And there's no actors today who could play these two parts better than Fontaine and Olivier... especially for this period, the actors feel more suited to it. The leads in the remake try to speak and portray the mannerisms of the era the story is set and fail miserably. Too hammy and fake.

Mrs Danvers told us something else about Rebecca. About how when she was still a young girl, roughly 16, she rode a horse that her fathers groom said was too wild for her to handle. Described how she clung to the horse, how she lashed at him again and again with her riding crop, dug at his sides so hard with her spurs that she drew blood, and how after she got off him he was bleeding and trembling all over, and how she simple said "That will teach him, won't it Danny" and walked off to wash her hands. The image of Rebecca we go from everyone else doesn't go with that story Danny told, but once we find out that the Rebecca everyone else knew was all just an act and hear Maxim talk about her suddenly that story makes sense.

Notorious is another MUST that needs to be seen from this era of Hitch's career . . . :-D

David O Selznick the producer wanted the smoke from the fire to rise up in to the sky, and form the letter 'R' for Rebecca! Hitch obviously saw this as a silly idea, seeing as Rebecca's influence is destroyed at the end, and came up with the shot of the 'R' embroidered pillowcases burning.

Just about all reaction channels cover the same movies, it is refreshing for someone to cover the classics such as this of which there is many, hope you continue down this road even if is is only once month you will be rewarded greatly...

Another good Hitchcock movie from the same period that no one talks about anymore is "Suspicion." I've seen it six or seven times.

The depth of your dislike for Jack shows how wonderfully George Sanders could put across a character in the space of about a second. To see him in his glory, watch "All About Eve", where you can truly catch him in all his intelligence and cattiness. Judith Anderson was primarily a stage actress, and a great one. Her most famous role on stage was Medea, about a woman who is betrayed by her husband, and the revenge she takes. Think of it like Mrs. Danvers on fire (no pun intended). She has a small but strong part in "Laura", which has been recommended for you below. The brother and sister-in-law are also a famous and skilled pair of actors: Nigel Bruce got a little bit of immortality as Dr. Watson opposite Basil Rathbone in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies. Glady Cooper made a career in movies of playing cold, bitter, manipulative mothers, nuns, and other figures of authority. My favorite role for her is as Bette Davis' mother in "Now, Voyager". Nigel Bruce is also in "Suspicion", another Hitchcock movie, mentioned below, and starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant. I'm so glad you're enjoying your journey through the Hitchcock movies!

Great reaction! By the way, when Maxim says he should be making "violent love to her," he doesn't mean sex--he means courting or wooing her--same thing happens in "It's a Wonderful Life." The much more adult connotation of this phrase came 20-30 years later. Such a phrase, if it had literally meant "having sex," would not have made it past the pretty strict 1940s movie censors. After all, Clark Gable saying "damn" in Gone With The Wind" in 1939 was nearly taken out of the movie.

As frightening as Mrs. Danvers is, I always thought that Rebecca was really just using her, giving this unloved and uncared-for woman the impression that there was at least one person -- Rebecca -- who really did value her and in some sense love her (something of which Rebecca was clearly incapable, but which she could fake). Thus Rebecca created a devoted follower who would be her agent, even after her death, to create havoc for those Rebecca would have considered her enemies -- practically everybody. If I'm right, Mrs. Danvers is as much Rebecca's victim as the other characters are: she just doesn't realize it. Judith Anderson was nominated for an Oscar for the role; incidentally, there's a very good 1997 British miniseries version of the novel, with Diana Rigg as Mrs. Danvers.

@Divamarja_CA

Жыл бұрын

Mail meet Head! You are right - Rebecca was a sociopath, using people on a whim. She used Mrs. Danvers’ romantic feelings to control her and create a puppet. The novel by Daphne DuMaurier is worth the read. And, it may be covered elsewhere here, but D DuMaurier wrote the short story upon which The Birds was based. Another Hitch fan fave!

@chislehurstbat

10 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s what I think too. I would go as far as saying that that’s pretty obvious…

@giovannirastrelli9821

17 күн бұрын

The stage musical runs with this idea and portrays Mrs. Danvers going mad after realizing Rebecca was using her like everyone else. She then stays behind holding on to Rebecca’s nightgown as Manderley burns down around her.

George Sanders, yes!! The penultimate cad!

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Rather, as George might say.

@richardzinns5314

2 жыл бұрын

George Sanders was almost always cast as what used to be called a cad (rarely a true villain, except in the movies he made for Disney). However, just for future reference, that's not what "penultimate" means -- it just means second to last.

Judith Anderson was in another thriller, with Gene Tierney and Dana Anderson - Laura.

@PerryCJamesUK

9 ай бұрын

I love that film, but I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me. I will hunt it down for my collection.

Dude, I just watched this last night! Lol! It was the first and only Hitchcock movie to win Best Picture. It was nominated for 11 Oscars, but most,2, went to the John Ford Epic, The Grapes Of Wrath.

@susanpeters5392

2 жыл бұрын

Ya grapes of wrath .... good movie

This was based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier. She was a British writer who also wrote "The Birds." Another fine Hitchcock film.

Hitchcock, used a character thats never seen ( Rebecca) to haunt the entire film. But behind all that the mansion Manderley is a character in it's own right with it's brooding atmosphere. At the end of the film in the fire, the last thing to burn was Rebecca's bed Because the house also loved Rebecca. Mrs. Danvers can haunt our dreams to this day. Cheers, Chris Perry.

@chislehurstbat

10 ай бұрын

Daphne did…

I love watching people's first interactions with this story and this film. It's so good. The book is AMAZING.

Another mystery thriller that you might enjoy is the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet. It's technically the 2nd screen adaptation of the novel but is generally regarded as 'the' version. Saboteur (1942) is another Hitchcock gem that doesn't get enough love...

@geraldmcboingboing7401

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that the 1941 version is El Supremo, but It was technically the third rendition. Satan Met a Lady (1936) was the second and absolute worst of the three. The characters had different names and the falcon was changed to a horn, but it shared a lot of the same dialogue.

@Thomas-qj7zq

11 ай бұрын

You neglected to mention the leading lady of the film Mary Astor who contributes immeasurably toward the overall effectiveness. Her character is all over the place, confusing us and even suspicious and cynical Sam at times.

I think you would find the fact that Laurence Olivier was hugely in love with Vivien Leigh at the time of filming and desperately wanted Hitchcock to cast Leigh as Mrs. DeWinter. Also of interest is that Vivien Leigh comes as close to the description of Rebecca as any actress around 1940. I believe it makes Olivier's performance even more interesting and effective in this movie.

@Thomas-qj7zq

11 ай бұрын

Leigh would have been all wrong for the part. Fontaine was magnificent.

@chislehurstbat

10 ай бұрын

@@Thomas-qj7zq Vivien Leigh would have made the perfect Rebecca. I always imagine her when I think of Rebecca

@janedoe5229

2 ай бұрын

@@Thomas-qj7zq True: she was a much better manipulative, conniving, self-centered Scarlett.

It's difficult living in the shadow of an ex wife that's so strong it's almost reaching from beyond the grave. But Mrs Danver's obsession is super creepy. George Sanders ( Jack Favell) is also known for his voice of the tiger Sher Kahn in Disney's Jungle Book and Addison DeWitt in the classic All About Eve. I haven't checked yet but definitely check out the 1943 Hitchcock movie Shadow of a Doubt with Joseph Cotton. Is uncle Charlie what he appears to be?

“Anything can happen in a Hitchcock movie”. Probably the most accurate statement ever

I believe this was Hitchcock's American debut. Previously he'd been making films in his own country, UK/GB/England. He did make some great films like Lifeboat and The 39 Steps which you might want to consider as reactions. Getting older, yes, but you don't seem to be bothered about the age of the films you're watching.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, not a bad start in America for Hitchcock, helming a Best Picture Oscar winner first time at bat.

Check out Laura, great old detective yarn.

@melenatorr

2 жыл бұрын

And a cool introduction to the magnificently snippy Clifton Webb.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Agree- great cast, direction, script and that glorious David Raskin score!

The acting is first rate love this movie

The second Mrs. DeWinter never had a name even in the book. I mentioned on your Community Page that there was a major plot twist changed from the book. The change is: *spoiler* In the book Max really did kill Rebecca. She goaded him into shooting her and it wasn't an accident. He disposed of her body in the same way. And Rebecca did have cancer in the book as well. The major reason for the change had to do with the Hayes Code that governed movie content at the time, and a murderer could not be allowed to get away with his/her crime.

@Threeleebird

2 жыл бұрын

Well in Vertigo it was a different story. Was that code no longer implemented? And honestly, Rebecca's death in the movie doesn't sound very convincing and one can simply assume that Max is making up the truth so that his wife doesn't report him or leave him or just prefers to lie to himself.

@katwithattitude5062

2 жыл бұрын

Vertigo came out almost 20 years after Rebecca and the Hayes Code had loosened up considerably by then as the old studio system had weakened. If you mean the real Madeleine's husband not being caught there is an alternate filmed ending where he didn't get away with killing her. Midge is listening to a radio report about it when Scotty shows up to see her. Presumably even in the ending that was used Scotty would be able to testify about Gavin's involvement, although whether or not he'd be believed at all could be questioned. As for Rebecca, her behavior was much worse in the book, and she regularly tormented and threatened Max until she finally pushed him too far by claiming she was pregnant with another man's child, which of course she knew was a lie, although in the book as in the movie she originally did think there was a baby but it was the cancer causing her symptoms. Her deliberately provoking him into killing her was basically her final FU to him which was why she was still smiling after she died. The book is narrated from the Second Mrs DeWinter's POV and she does wonder at one point where Mrs Danvers is now because she didn't die in the fire at the end, although she did set it. The first time I saw this movie was in the mid-1970s at a high school assembly, and the whole class cheered at the "I am Mrs DeWinter now" line.

@Threeleebird

2 жыл бұрын

@@katwithattitude5062 I actually mentioned Vertigo because in the rush to think of a movie whose killer got away with it, my mind flashed to that one. Mrs. Danvers lived? Oh god, that poor married couple will never live in peace. How do they know she lived? Didn't the house collapse from the fire?

@katwithattitude5062

2 жыл бұрын

@@Threeleebird She lived in the book and died in the movie. The book actually ends with Max and the Second Mrs DeWinter driving towards Manderley and seeing the fire and not Max and Frank. It's been a few years since I read the book so I don't quite remember how Mrs Danvers got out but I definitely remember the Second Mrs DeWinter wondering where she is. And you can find the alternate ending for Vertigo here on KZread if you look for it.

@agenttheater5

2 жыл бұрын

@@Threeleebird It's funny, how people interpret the ending. Some say it means that they'll never be free because they'll always be haunted by that house they can never return to, and by the past and the memory of Mrs Danvers and Rebecca. Others say that with that fire they are free of it all, the Manderly that Rebecca created is gone now and she's gone with it, and they can start again somewhere else. I keep shifting in my reading of the ending of both the book and the movie.

7:48 making love back then didn’t mean having sex. That’s why Max said it in front of the violinist. They could not say such things in movies. There was a code movies had to adhere to.

You've remarked on the phrase "making love" in Hitchcock's movies a couple times now--at this time it was more akin to "wooing", at most "making out"; the modern usage synonymous to fornicating only dates to the mid-1960s. Also, there are a number of reasons people might want to remake even beloved classics. The silliest is simply that many people will not watch black and white films. Then there is the desire to adapt the screenplay in a way that may be more faithful to the original source material, in this case, Daphne du Maurier's bestselling novel which she also adapted into a stage play; Hitchcock made changes. And films made during the Production Code or British Board of Film Censors era had to skirt around or omit subjects that were considered controversial, salacious, or offensive, and this story has a bunch that bothered the prudes of the time: infidelity, lesbian subtext, and getting away with crime unpunished among them.

Ollie - 'I liked that he didn't murder her.' Me - 'Spoiler Alert, but in the book...'

I remember reading the book and absolutely loving it and then I saw this movie and it was like frosting on the cake .Good movie .

Some of my recommendations Laura 1944, notorious by Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, and to catch a thief Starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Nice lineup- "Laura" in particular is a must-watch IMO, but the other two are prime viewing as well, especially for Hitchcock fans.

@Jim-Mc

2 жыл бұрын

I vote Laura. One of my all time favorites.

Laurence Olivier is a true legend. He's the guy the critics are always comparing Daniel Day-Lewis to...one of those British thespians who could disappear into any character. His portrayal of Hamlet is arguably the best one on film... if you're ever interested in checking it out. Joan Fontaine is just as much of an icon, she was the best at mellow dramas... One of her most acclaimed performances is in "Letter From An Unknown Woman" from 1948.

"What's she dressed up as? A picnic blanket?" Ha ha.

This is one of my favourite films of all time. I am really happy that you discovered it. More people should. Thanks for getting into it the way you did. :)

In the Daphnie DeMaurier novel that the movie is based on Max "fired at [Rebecca's] heart" and did kill her but the Motion Picture Code at the time prohibited it a protagonist from getting away with murder.

In the novel the movie was based on, Maxim actually *did* kill Rebecca in the boat house. She goaded him with that end outcome in mind, once she knew she was dying. She wanted to make sure that even if she was dead, he would never be happy. The Hays Code forced the script writers to change it an accident, because a murderer could never go unpunished.

This and Notorious are my favorite Hitchcock films.

There have been a couple of TV remakes (mini-series), the most recent one was beyond dreadful! The one thing Hitch "cheated" on (though it was because of the censorship of the day) was Maxim's responsibility for Rebecca's death. In the original novel, Rebecca does goad him into actually killing her, but since Max and the second Mrs. DeWinter are going to live happily ever after, the screenplay had to fudge this plot point and so changed it to an accident as the production code at the time insisted that all crime must be punished.

The first time I saw this was on TCM. I had no idea what it was about. The host said that this was the only movie where you never see the main character. How could that be? I was already hooked before it even started.

Great film. Won Best Picture and Best Cinematography.

1.Some wealthy women did employ women to be their companions. In fact, when my grandmother was young, she was a paid companion to a rich, elderly woman. 2. Leo G. Carroll (the doctor) was in Spellbound, as well as Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest. 3. Mrs de Winter does not have a first name in the original novel. The author, Daphne de Maurier, stated that she found it an interesting idea to have a nameless heroine. Some critics claim that it indicates that the heroine never has an independent life, i.e. she goes straight from being the paid companion of a rich woman to being the wife of a rich man. 4. Hitchcock did have some subtly gay characters in his films, e,g, Bruno in Strangers on a Train (look at the way that Robert Walker eyes up Farley Granger).

@DarkAngel459

2 жыл бұрын

Leo G. Caroll is also in Suspicion and The Paradine Case!

@jamesalexander5623

2 жыл бұрын

Leonard in "North by Northwest" is Gay!

@michaelhurley1497

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAngel459 I only listed the ones which Ollie has reviewed on his channel.

@kaykutcher2103

2 жыл бұрын

Having a nameless heroine with no background to speak of was perhaps a tool utilised to make it easier for the readers to plop themselves into her shoes.

@DarkAngel459

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhurley1497 Oh okay. I'm sure he'll get to them some day!

Hope you will watch: The Lady Vanishes,(1938)

The funny, jovial actor is Nigel Bruce. He was one of the great character actors of his day. Most people know him best from The Sherlock Homes series featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock homes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. Some of those early ones are fun. You should consider checking them out if you haven't.

Excellent, excellent, excellent reaction video! Your analysis and insight are amazing! Kudos!

Hitchcock was a foodie. Mrs. Van Hopper's stone-cold coffee. The shot of the lunch menu, soon-to-be-the-second Mrs. DeWinter's scrambled eggs, served in an interesting lidded container. Mrs. Van Hopper's chocolates. The wonderful groaning sideboard with the full English breakfast. What was in the chafing dish she examines? The lamb chops with the panties and Rebecca's serious interest in sauces. The formal dinner for 2. Jack Favell savoring the drumstick in the picnic in the back of the Rolls Royce.

Dr. Baker is played by Leo Carroll who appeared in more Hitchcock movies than anybody except Hitchcock himself.

Love your reactions! I hope you check out The Lady Vanishes (1938) . It’s the film that catapulted Hitchcock’s career, prompting his move from England to Hollywood. It’s one of my favorites.

This movie, and Shadow of a Doubt, are my fav Hitchcock films.

LOL loved the Mandalor slip. Ultimate crossover of Hitchcock and Star Wars fandom! 😂

So glad I discovered your channel!!

the happiest ending is that Mrs. DeWinter can finally get a name for herself and that Manderlay will never affect her or Maxim again.

What was Mrs. De Winter's first name? However, the young heroine's first name and maiden name are left unknown, and she's only ever introduced as Maxim de Winter's wife or as "Mrs. de Winter." While it's unusual for the main character of a story to not have a name, it was a deliberate choice by author Daphne du Maurier, who wrote the novel that Rebecca. Iv'e watched this movie at least 6 or 7 times and I never noticed that the 2nd Mrs. De Winters didn't have a first name.

The old man at the table is also Watson in Sherlock Holmes. Not the Ian Fleming Watson. Nigel Bruce.

I have always thought,that The Wicked Witch Of The West ,would be creepy out by Mrs. Danvers.

In the book, Maxim actually does kill Rebecca by shooting her which she goaded him into doing. However because of the Hays code they had to change it to an accident for the movie because it wasn’t allowed for the hero of the movie to get away with murder.

About your confusion re Mrs. Danvers and her constant references to Rebecca: it's to show her contempt and dislike for the 2nd Mrs. De Winter. Rebecca was stylish, sophisticated, beautiful, accomplished and confident - and very comfortable as "lady of the manor". By comparison, DeW the 2nd comes across as awkward, unrefined, dowdy and gauche - no match for Rebecca, and Mrs Danvers wants her to know it.

Fun fact: Rebeca, The birds and Jamaica inn are 3 Hitchcock movies based in books of the same author: Daphne du Maurier. She was genious.

I was hoping that you would single out Hitchcock's appearance in this film. If you didn't notice it, near the end, after Favell's phone call to Mrs. Danvers and while he talks with Colonel Julyan, Sir Alfred walks behind him from right to left.

This is a classic gothic story. There basically was no gothic genre until the Bronte sisters and Daphne du Maurier. Gay subtext or not, sometimes I think Danvers and Rebecca are like two psychopaths, who join up to urge each other to do horrible things ( as in Rope). Who knows what they did behind Maxims back, tormenting him.

@michaelhurley1497

2 жыл бұрын

Gothic novels pre-existed the Brontes and are among the earliest forms of the English novel: The Castle of Otranto, The Monk, Melmoth the Wanderer, the Italian, The Mysteries of Udolpho etc. Jane Austen parodied the form in Northanger Abbey.

@sodapop83

2 жыл бұрын

oh dear stop

@kaykutcher2103

2 жыл бұрын

That was always my take as well though that would mean Danvers is actually the Farley Granger of the two since Rebecca was the lady of house hence the one in control and that's positively horrifying to think of.

This was Joan Fontaine’s first movie role. Laurence Olivier wanted his current love Vivian Leigh in the role. Producer David O. Selznick didn’t think that Fontaine could carry off the role. Hitchcock cast her and convinced Selznick that he could coach her through it. Fontaine actually won the academy award in the her second role in another Hitchcock movie Suspicion. Put Hitchcock’s 1943 Shadow of a Doubt and his 1946 Notorious on your schedule both are top notch Hitchcock movies.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Not Fontaine's first film (she had appeared with no less than Fred Astaire in "Damsel in Distress" and in both "The Women" and "Gunga Din" the year prior to "Rebecca"), but certainly her breakthrough role.

@garybrockie6327

2 жыл бұрын

@@slc2466 Sorry , I should have said starring role.

@Threeleebird

2 жыл бұрын

Vivien got to do screen tests with her husband, who was the only reason she wanted to do that movie, but she didn't convince Selznik, Hitchcock or Cukor (who directed her in Gone with the Wind). After seeing Leigh's screen test, David Selznick noted that she "doesn't seem right to portray the sincerity, age or innocence" of the character. This completely disgusted Laurence Olivier and that is why his attitude towards his co-star Joan Fontaine was not entirely driven by Hitchcock, who convinced the entire cast to be horrible with her and get a more natural reaction, but Olivier could not get over that Vivien didn't get the part.

You're totally and entirely right!! We never know the heroine's NAME!! She's only known as the SECOND Mrs. de Winter. That's IT! That's because this is also a story about a woman who lacks Self-Esteem!! Exactly HALFWAY through the movie's running time, she says to Mrs. Danvers: "I AM Mrs. deWinter NOW!" And so she herself ASSUMES that position on her OWN! But we still don't know her name. It's not until the END of the Film that she realizes who she is --- and that is known only to HER! So the Amazing thing is that this Movie (and Novel) called "Rebecca" is the name of someone who is NOT in the Movie. Someone is is (SPOILER ALERT:) Dead!! And the Heroine of the story whom we follow -- she, We, and NOBODY -- knows her NAME!! And if someone knows, WE never know it!!

one of my ALL TIME favorite stories

I love that you watched and reacted to this film! It is an Amazing piece of film. Keep it up!

We never learn Ms. DeWinters name. We hear Rebecca's name over and over but never see her.

The villain isn’t even in the film, and has an incredible presence. She’s in every scene, like a stain on every character’s lives.

lmaoooo being 5 minutes in "plot twist: he killed her (rebecca)" like yep that Is the plot twist lol....in middle school i'd finish work early in the last class of the day and get to go hang out in the library, the librarian gave me "rebecca" because it was never getting checked out, i read it and enjoyed it enough to try to see if it had a sequel (not officially, but apparently another author wrote a would be sequel)

@simonorourke4465

2 жыл бұрын

I actually have a prequel novel that somone else wrote called Rebecca's tale which chronicles the early life and origins of Rebecca. I havnt read it yet but it's on my reading list as I have always loved the original novel.

The evil cousin does the voice of the Sher Khan the tiger in the Disney's Jungle Book. He was also "one of" Zsa Zsa Gabor's husbands.

Ok just heard your comments. George Sanders was a real dope head in this movie but he has so many movies you should check out. He also starred in a series a few times of Bulldog Drummond. The guy Falcon. Many more.

One of my all time favorite movie!!!

book Danvers was more of a nanny to Rebecca and continued as a lady's maid when Rebecca grew up. Danvers tells a story of Rebecca at age 15 breaking a wild stallion and admiring the girl's fearlessness. She wasn't in love with her romantically. The actress playing Danvers was coached to be as gay coded as she could get away with for the strict Hayes code at the time; which also might be why she has the death scene in the movie - to punish her for "sexual deviance." In the book Danvers simply disappears after the fire. And it's never proven that she started the fire. Some people read it as fate or Rebecca's final revenge against Max getting away with her murder. He loses his ancestral home.

@somerandomguy2073

Жыл бұрын

Oh, please. It was definitely romantic. The author of the book was a lesbian (or bisexual) and definitely intended that interpretation. You don't fondle someone's see-through lingerie lovingly without that being the implication.

Joan Fontaine's character does not have a name in the movie, nor in the book it is based on. Max de Winter does kill Rebecca in the book. He does get away with it. Hollywood censors would never have allowed that story. Manderley was two "miniature" model sets. The larger one was set fire to for the Manderlay burning scene. Alfred Hitchcock once recalled that producer David O. Selznick wanted to end the film to end with smoke from Manderlay curling up to the sky and spelling a cursive letter "R" for Rebecca in the sky. After Hitchcock revealed Selznick's orginal plan for the ending, Hitch then solemnly intoned, "Can you IMAGINE?"

Amazing movie. This is a classic. Great reaction

Figure out _Mrs Danvers_ ?? (46:44) Are you serious? >spoiler alert 'Mrs Danvers' is an anagram of 'Raving Dyke' lol

Jane Eyre 1941 film is excellent as well.

Don't watch the remake. Modern filmmaking doesn't do this story justice. Fun Fact: This is Sir Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Bonus Fact: Because Sir Laurence Olivier wanted his then-girlfriend Vivien Leigh to play the lead role, he treated Joan Fontaine horribly. This shook Fontaine up quite a bit, so director Sir Alfred Hitchcock decided to capitalize on this by telling her everyone on the set hated her, thus making her shy and uneasy, just what he wanted from her performance.

Great job about the cinematography and filmscore! Mrs. Danvers brought up the cousins Rebecca and Favel, a nanny kind of person. That's what the book makes plain.

This movie is based on a book and the Mrs. De Winter is the first person narrator.

There's a wonderful BBC version of Rebecca with Charles Dance, Faye Dunaway and Dame Diana Rigg. Nothing can touch Hitchcock, but it's a great watch.

Also... Film Noir Humphrey Bogart The Big Sleep. 🙂

that's funny you thought the mansion was called 'Mandalore" lol. Then Rebecca would be a Boba Fett origin story! She'd be the Mandalorian...

Thank you for this reaction.

Discovered your channel because of Grease. Saw that you have many of my favorites in your videos. This is my favorite book (I was so shocked with the big reveal) and I love the movie. I'm diving into your Bond movies next!

Why no mention of Daphne Du Maurier, the novelist who wrote the story? Mrs. de Winter had no first name because Rebecca was the main character, even thought she didn't appear in the movie, yet whose presence permeated every scene. Giving Mrs. de Winter a first name would have equalized the characters. Also, Rebecca was amoral, and probably bisexual, having many "cousins". She tried to get Maxim to kill her by telling him that she was pregnant (knowing that Maxim knew he couldn't be that father, but would be forced to raise someone else's child as his own for the sake of the de Winter name.) BY THE WAY, Hitchcock told Judith Anderson not to blink during her scenes.

She was a "paid companion", and that is what Max wanted the most: a GENUINE companion. She has a giving, loving heart, unlike . . .

"...Arnie Hammer, thumbs down for that guy" :))))

YeeeeS!!!! I waited for you to watch this classic! Rebecca and Vertigo...my favourites from Hitchcock...so enigmatic, evocative and misterious.. ;))

George Sanders and his brother, actor Tom Conway, were immigrants from Russia. Sanders plays a great villain with that seductively sly deep voice and accent. He was married to two of the Gabor sisters and later in life took his own life due to health issues (RIP). He was a great actor, and his performances always add to whatever story he plays in. I like him in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir another on you should watch and react to.

@geraldmcboingboing7401

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!! "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" also has that hauntingly beautiful score by Bernard Herrmann, which he composed eight years before his first Hitchcock film.

@kaykutcher2103

2 жыл бұрын

Conway was a wonderfully talented performer and it's a shame he isn't as well remembered or known as Sanders though I can see why with most of his filmography being made of B and even Z pictures.

Notice you never hear the second Mrs DeWinter’s name, and you never see even a picture of Rebecca

This film is as much a David O Selznick product as it is Hitchcock. Hitchcock hated the way Selznick operated

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine telling Hitchcock what's best for his movie? I can only imagine what the Master of Suspense would have liked to have done to Selznick (paging Bruno Anthony, Norman Bates, The Birds, etc.).

@katwithattitude5062

2 жыл бұрын

@@slc2466 Most people believe that the character of Lars Thorwald in Rear Window is made up to look an awful lot like Selznick for that very reason.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@katwithattitude5062 Yes- how could I forget Lars? That would be something to see, a Selznick look-alike attacking Selznick, as Hitchcock sits by bemused and content in his director's chair.

There have been several remakes of Rebecca over the years. The Netflix version was good, the Hitchcock version is a deserved classic. And it follows the book very closely

Very pleased with this reaction.

She doesn't have a name, because Rebecca has such a big name, it crowds her out.

This is the rare Hitchcock based on a very popular book -- it was at the peak of its popularity back then, but it's still read. That's one reason why it has been filmed so many times (all later versions were TV movies or miniseries, and there are a lot of them) -- to get at aspects of the book that Hitchcock didn't or couldn't touch, like Max actually being guilty (back then people couldn't commit crimes without being punished for them). Also, one small detail: in that time, "making love" meant simply "acting lovingly" -- a little kissing, basically. It can be confusing now.

Thank you, Oliver! 💎 My best friend and I love this one... and it won the Oscar for best picture. Yes, the Netflix remake is good, but not nearly as well-directed. It is worth comparing, since the new one was shot on lovely locations.

The main character of the book and film is never seen. A great film.

Rebecca is very much the actual star of this movie

The narrator in the book by Daphne Du Maurier is unnamed as well.

I saw at MONA on a big screen and it makes it even better.

Netflix remake... So many folk simply will not watch old movies. Especially if they're black+white. They're missing SO much.