Movie Night @ the Bookshop: Alfred Hitchcock’s REBECCA

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter (Laurence Olivier). She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Release date: March 28, 1940 (USA)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Adapted from: Rebecca
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Screenplay: Joan Harrison, Robert E. Sherwood, Philip MacDonald, Michael Hogan