I love that the old movies had romance and not all of the sex they have now. People actually fell in love and respected one another. What a concept! I love English people too! Lawrence Olivier was the best!

Such a profoundly good movie.

The actress playing Mrs. van Hopper is excellent, a great supporting player. She helps set things up perfectly, alluding to Rebecca's beauty and Maxim's love for her, all while feeding into the second Mrs. de Winter's insecurities. And she's funny the entire time. This actress was also in A Letter to Three Wives, pivotal to the hilarious dinner scene with Thelma Ritter, Kirk Douglas and Ann Sothern. If you haven't seen it yet... what are you waiting for??

they've actually made him up to look older. His whole manner is so perfect for the role.

I love how Olivier drops some food on his lap while he's talking and licks his fingers. totally natural.

"I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool" That is the most unromantic proposal in the history of mankind. Hey if it gets you a beautiful castle in the coast of England then to hell with romance :) I love this line lol

"I'm asking you to marry me you little fool". Classic! My favourite line from any book/film!

I know. I love that line. Hes so forward but its brilliant. I wish there were more men like him in the world. This is one of my all time favourite films. I really need to to read the book.

I love it how the movie is so similar to the book. Hardly any scenes added or taken out - even the conversations are pretty much the same ^^. One of the few good movie adaptions of a timeless classic!

It is deeply romantic. You just don't look at all the subtleties in the movie. You cannot text or do anything else to distract you when watching old movies. A novel concept i know.

You are not alone...I watch very little of today's movie..They can't act and have no style, charm, or presence. They wouldn't even know what presence. is. Thanks to those who post these GREAT movies.

Mrs, van Hopper steals every scene she's in. Her part should have been extended by having her show up at Manderlay.

I love the way he says "poor darling", so cute!

two lumps of sugar and some milk. same for my tea, now don't forget. God I love him! he's so blunt, but somehow romantic at the same time

Is it just me, or does anyone else prefer these old actors and actresses to the modern day ones? At least these people seem human and show an expression with each emotion.

I think Olivier and Leigh both deserve each other-, and its hysterical that they couldn't get their own way to get each other in future movies. . I love this movie so much!

this is my favorite part of the movie--his bluntness is so raw & yet so romantic

After a gorgeous man like that asked me to marry him, I wouldn't be afraid of Mrs. van Hopper. In fact I would rub it in her face...who does she think she is. Honestly, the way Max caresses her with his eyes and his candid, blunt way of talking is in his own way very caring. I love this movie and Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. Perfect chemistry!

i don't expect Max to be like this, when i was reading i imagine him looking gloomy but here he seems so funny ha! but it's still appropriate.

"I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool." ^^^ Maxim was a BOSS =P

"I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool!" Well, that's one way to do do it.

@hiatusinc Decades ago, "to make love to" meant simply some romantic attention of the hugs-and-kisses variety. Around the 1950s, the phrase took on its current explicit meaning. So, not to worry ... Max is still an old-school gentleman.

what a beautiful house! that would be amazing to live in!

"I'm asking you to marry me you little fool!" Pffhahahahahhahahahahahahaaa!!! XD It's too funny, what a proposal.

That was the fastest 9 minutes and 32 seconds of my life!!!! Loving this!

Happiness is a armfull of flowers.

@defaultc00kies63

6 жыл бұрын

dkerris ii

Laurence Olivier really is the perfect Maxim, isn't he?

this movie is perfectly lovely;);)

"you mean you want a secratary or something?".. "i'm asking you to marry me you little fool" Brilliant!! Wow i love this film :o)

No Problem: I've just been so caught up in this movie. It goes from innocent joy to almost total horrar. I guess that's why they call him the master of suspense.

"tennis lessons my foot." HAHAHA

I love his laugh at 6:49! It's so genuine!

Max is a boss.

His confident and overbearing attitude is not so much due to sexism as it is related to the class structure. Note how confident Mrs Van Hopper is.

Oh my gosh, I've seen this movie a dozen times but never noticed that before. Thank you so much for pointing it out!

Excellent performance from the actress playing Mrs. Van Hopper. Amusing yet convincingly an intolerable woman

After his line in the last part about not liking black satin and pearls I looked down the related videos column and at part 6/13 there's a still of her in a black dress and what looks like pearls!

"tell me, have you been doing anythign you shouldn't?" outch. pretty harsh.

@barbarapommier5219

2 жыл бұрын

And Mrs Van Hopper’s eyes slide down to her crotch.

At 6:30 I like this scene with the wedding flowers. It was not in the book, but I think it was a nice addition.

I think Florence Bates is brilliant in her role

Her little "Thank you Maxim" at 5:13 is adorable!

@WindInAWheatfield Maxim de Winter has CLASS. hahahah

@metalqueen2011 It was a version of , "Rebecca" that starred Jeremy Brett, in 1979. It might have been on PBS. I downloaded it last year, when it was here on KZread.

I don't think I've ever heard a more unromantic, flippant marriage proposal! It was AWESOME!! :D

@Jadama0 I totally agree. I can imagine I would feel when he said that. My heart would drop to my belly! It's really romantic.......

too right!

Thank you so much for uploading this!

Asking to marry her from the bathroom with a hint of agitation in his voice. Very romantic...

"I'm asking you to marry me you little fool!!" Hahahahhahahahha!!! What a way to propose!!

I love him! He's SO unromantic it's almost... romantic! @BBblue87, when I first read the book I laughed (and sighed) out loud! :D

Splendid throughout.

you are so right, actors back then, were skilled and talented, now they are jus overpaid

No it's not just you - the majority of present day actors are totally superficial and of very little talent, though of course there are some notable exceptions. Of course there was some very bad acting in old movies but the really good actors of the past had a charisma which is very rare to find today. The other factor is that the dialogue was so much better and more intelligent than what you get now in the vast majority of Hollywood productions which are aimed at audiences of low intellect.

@MsAlex1717 " ____ my foot" is an expression. It's like saying "yeah, right" to whatever the other party has claimed.

@ChildOfTheFlower And somehow the line is very romantic because it shows that Maxim loves her.

Lmao "Is that my food??"

"Just be yourself and they'll all adore you." Lies!

@alondraperez-ramirez8363

5 жыл бұрын

Well, in his defense 99 percent of the staff liked her. Crazy Mrs. Danvers is the only one who hates her. It's also worth noting that Max gave the staff a reason to look forward to her arrival by giving everyone a bonus to celebrate the new lady's arrival so their first impression would be good.

i love how people used to speak in those days: fast, smoothly, flowingly, unlike today where every syllable is paused and words are stretched out, especially people from California: "Oh. My. God. Michael Jackson is dead. That is just So. Sad.

Hahaha the fainting smile...

Hitchcock was SUCH a great director. When the "happy couple" enter the great hall at Manderley, the rows of servants -- ostensibly assembled by Mrs. Danvers to "welcome" them -- are clearly meant to come off as Defenders Of The Manor, lined up on the ramparts to repel an invader -- in this case, the gauche, unworthy successor to the beautiful, glittering dead queen. (Take a look at Mrs. de Winter's look of shock, bordering on horror, when she catches her first look at Manderley as they approach in the car. "I'm supposed to LIVE here? Entertain people here? Run this huge place? WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?") Mrs. Van Hopper was a monster-times-ten, but her acid comments ("I simply can't see you doing it....you haven't any idea what it means to be a great lady") were dead-on accurate. And -- just to twist the knife further -- that's exactly why Maxim married her. After the unmitigated fiasco of his first marriage, he wanted somebody shy, hesitant and unsure of herself, whom he could dominate absolutely. As one critic observed "The hapless heroine goes from being a doormat to one rich, bossy, unfeeling person to being exactly the same thing to a second."

tennis lessons my foot! lol

@scooterbarf Not just another romance drama - the best of her romance dramas. My Cousin Rachel is all right, but Rebecca has a soul.

Exactly. It certainly didn't have the connotation it has today. I was more like declaring your love passionately.

Nice romantic proposal, lol. And yes, I've read the book multiple times. The poor girl.

@GarydosDoritos ru talking bout the main gurl in the movie .. her name is not rebecca they nvr say her name throughout the movie, rebecca is Maxims dead wife.

Violent love behind a palm tree?? Oh my! ;-)

Remember when marriage wasn't about proposals phony grand proposals and overly lavish televised weddings. It was will you marry me and come live with me in my beautiful house in Cornwall P.s. I think the palm tree remark about how he felt she deserved to be proposed to, not something he wuld actually do

Hey guys is it just me or did that little shuffle the waiter did when he told her that Mr. DeWinters had just ordered breakfast in his room actually make that scene?

You couldn't make a film today with so many delicious villains: Mrs. Van Hopper, Mrs. Danvers and Jack Favell (George Sanders)

thats so true LOL. she should keep away from him or get him a good shrink/therapist!lol

That's what we call a whirlwind romance.

Making "violent love behind a palm tree?"

@MsSarjen In the book, I believe she says she is 21

That old lady knew what was up. She was completely right! Weerrkk

I thought she was going to say tennis lessons my ass..lol

@msbrowngault

9 жыл бұрын

I 2nd that 😉

@susannesund3716

5 жыл бұрын

"Tennis lessons my foot"

GOOD BYE, my dear and GOOD LUCK !!! Edythe Van hopper is a classic bitch you gotta love.

I LOVE Max's description of the ideal proposal - white frock, red rose, violin, and hot sex...go Max !

@freda8586

3 жыл бұрын

This was in 1940, so when he said "make love" it hardly meant hot sex.

"im asking you to marry me you little fool" hah wow.

I should certainly hope so.

Yes me too! Absolutely!

At least the woman took it well.

Tennis lessons, my foot.

@hiatusinc when i read what you wrote i couldn't stop laughing.

hahaha..i second that ConfusedSponge

mizzuz de winter!!!

um, I think the phrase "to make love to someone" meant something a bit different in those days... (I think it could simply mean to say romantic, passionate things to someone) though it DOES sound funny now to hear him say that

I feel so bad for that woman now that her companion has abandoned her. Even if she is written to be an annoying character, I still can't help but feel bad for her.

That was funny!!!^_^

Yes... Everything has to be about corruption and sex

I gotta say, for all his charm and prettiness, I wanted to hurt him around 1:00 when he looked so mockingly at her distress at leaving!

@ProjectCivil Laurence Olivier was only 10 yrs older the Joan Fontaine.

I rather thought you loved me.... :D

@sarahata22 They have. There is a BBC tv series with Jeremy Brett in it that you can find on youtube. I think there was another version posted with a different actor but I have not been able to find it in a while. If you want to see what other versions are available, try the IMDB.

lol 2:23 shes so cruel...and then dips the ashes of her cigarettes on the floor gah

"Mrs. Van Hopper" also played the society matron who came to "look over" (but more like... look down on) Lucy and Ethel 's homes in order to join an elite women's club on "I Love Lucy", remember? Think the huge loaf of bread coming out of the oven episode.

@firestar415 Don't apologize for being a non-feminist. Women since time immemorial were not feminists until the 20th century.

So funny to read comments here from people who do not understand the mannerisms of those days. A lot of ignorance.

I'm not even sure of that. LOL!

what minute is that

Well, are you talking about the actor or the character?