‘Rebecca’ filmed in 1940, was a classic Alfred Hitchcock gothic thriller, and a compelling mystery about a tortured romance. It was Hitchcock’s first American project.
The film creates a brooding atmosphere surrounding the tragic relationship of a naive, and innocent young woman Joan Fontaine, to a widower- an aristocratic, moody patriarch, Laurence Olivier, who lives in an estate named Manderley. ‘Rebecca’s’ screenplay was written by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and was based on a literal translation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel of the same name.
The movie won two Academy Awards, Best Picture and Best Cinematography, out of a total of eleven nominations. Olivier, Fontaine and Anderson also were Oscar-nominated for their respective roles, as were Hitchcock and the screenwriters.
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