Rebecca / United Artists ; produced by David O. Selznik ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Criterion collection ; 135. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 Sanders, George, 1906-1972 Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Criterion Collection, [2001], ©2001.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 135. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989 > Film adaptations. Wives > England > Drama. Wives > Death > Drama. England > Drama. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1940, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Special features: Commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff; isolated music and effects track; screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loreeta Young, Margaret Sullavan and Joan Fontaine; Hitchcock on Rebecca, excerpts from his conversations with François Truffaut; phone interviews with Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson from 1986; behind-the-scenes photo gallery; production correspondence and casting notes; deleted scenes script excerpts; 1939 test screening questionnaire; footage from 1940 Academy Awards ceremony; re-issue trailer; three hours of radio show adaptations. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AF6 D0005649 VideoDVD
Awards:	Academy Award: Best cinematography, black-and-white; Best picture, 1940.
ISBN:	1559409231 9781559409230
Credits:	Photographer, George Barnes ; editor, James Newcom ; music, Franz Waxman.
System Details:	DVD; Dolby Digital Monoaural.
Cast:	Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter.