Normally, I hate to see a film before reading the book it is based off of. With Rebecca, though, it was different. Surprisingly, when I realized that there was a "Rebecca" book, and I read it, I was really happy that I'd seen the movie first! :) Joan and Laurence and the others had all done such a wonderful job in the film, that I loved being able to picture them as the characters while reading the book. (And it's such a wonderful book, too... :) )
True, in the book she's said to have straight hair, so she wears a wig to get those perfect ringlets. It's also true that a whole night has passed when she arrives to the beach. In the book it's a much longer time, though.
In the musical as well, (or at least in our Hungarian version) Rebecca fell and hit her head while having a quarrell with Maxim - Max pushed her, she hit her head and died. (there is a song where Maxim tells the story) But in the book, Max shot her.
Great scene from s great movie. Mrs Danvers is played by Judith Anderson. She was originally an Australian and I can detect a faint trace of Australian intonation in her voice. Without her malicious and menacing role, Rebecca would not have been as great as it is.
@rosesfororion oh yes, indeed. Judith Anderson was a class actress of her time. I've just seen her in great roles, like Big Momma in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
@TheOobster He liked everybody to call him "Larry." He probably said what he did because if he'd said "this is Larry in the penthouse," nobody would have known who was speaking.
@toothbrush55 They changed the ending for the movie because at the time Hollywood couldn't show a murderer not being pusnished for the crime. I always felt that the second Mrs De Winter for all her meekness felt elated that her husband hated Rebecca enough to kill her. Then there was no doubt and also knowing the secret gave her finally some power in a relationship where she had had none previously.
@TheMoodyGuru You're in for a treat, because I think you'll like those movies I mentioned. I bought The Innocents and The Legend of Hell House through Amazon. I bought The Changeling at FYE. I'll check out Theatre of Blood. Thanks for the recommendation.
@TheMoodyGuru I agree. Mrs. Dudley is spooky/creepy, but she does smile at one point in the movie. I don't think Mrs. Danvers smiles ever. I watch The Haunting with the lights out, also. I also watch The Innocents (1961), The Changeling (1980), and The Legend of Hell House (1973) with the lights out. All are great movies. Have you seen them?
If thats the woman who played Mrs Danvers, Absolutely. She is chilling and I hate her. Brilliant acting. I cant stand what she done to the new Mrs De Winter. She is so unbelievably nice and sweet.
Mrs. Danvers is under the belief that Rebecca had Drowned and that Maxim was terribly in love with Rebecca "night after night, walking up and down"-- when it turned out the "walking up and down" was Maxim pacing in delirium after he murdered Rebecca. Danvers was neurotic, but she was keeping maxim faithful and devoted to his first wife. But is he to be doomed to a life of misery all alone?
@brgvt97 Oh definitely Danvers! She gives me goosebumps. I think you could easily bamboozle Mrs Dudley, she doesn't strike me as the scheming type. The Haunting is one of my all time favourite films, it still scares me to this day. I like to watch it alone very late at night with the lights out 'cos I'm odd like that, same with Night of the Demon and City of the Dead. Every Halloween without fail......triple bill!
@brgvt97 Nope, nope and nope. But I just Googled the trailers for them and can see myself having an all out binge at Amazon verrrrry soon! I'm surprised The Innocents slipped by me, I love Deborah Kerr. She was brilliant in Black Narcissus. I'm a bit of a Powell/Pressburger nut actually. By the way, for a real cheese & ham pizza you really need to see Theatre Of Blood with Vincent Price, also 1973. First time I saw it it was listed in the TV guide as 'Theatre Of Blonde'. Oh how I laughed :-)
Yeach. He knew how evil she was. Doesn't that kinda creep you out? How people who seem to have the perfect life can be evil. How did evil come into the world?
9.28.... you know, if she had asked more questions and stopped being so ignorantly silent, she might have avoided so much! also...in the book. Maxim Shot rebecca and killed her intentionally. I don't blame him, rebecca provoked him, and as we hear at the end, with good reason.
uhhh I just read the book and I have to say, this is not what I expected from the movie. There is just something about the charaters Max and Mrs. Danvers that make me cring.
i love that when he said I hated her she sort of smiled as if she was thinking
he hated her YEEESSSS HA HA IN YOUR FACE MRS DANVERS
I like that look of horror mixed with elation on her face when Max says he hated Rebecca.
Every one has a Rebecca in one's own mind. It's the beauty of this film.
Normally, I hate to see a film before reading the book it is based off of. With Rebecca, though, it was different. Surprisingly, when I realized that there was a "Rebecca" book, and I read it, I was really happy that I'd seen the movie first! :) Joan and Laurence and the others had all done such a wonderful job in the film, that I loved being able to picture them as the characters while reading the book. (And it's such a wonderful book, too... :) )
I was jumping up and down when I read the part when he was like,'You thought I loved Rebecca? I hated her!"
Great movie, great casting including the movie plot I ❤❤❤ every minute, every second of it 😀 👍 😄 🙂 👌 😊 😀 👍
every one has a Rebecca in their own mind. It's the beauty of this film.
Is it just me, or this is Hitchcocks most beautiful masterpiece?
Now that's a real "Dun Dun Dunnnnnn" moment!!
sends shivers down my spine when he says that!!
I LOVE THIS BOOK!
I was texting my bf when I waswatching this and I had this sudden desire to call him darling xD
A truly menacing scene when Mrs. Danvers tries to persuade Mrs. De Winter to jump - brilliantly played.
wonderful
You can feel sympathy for Mrs Danvers - but she is one of the greatest female villains of all time. A real monster.
True, in the book she's said to have straight hair, so she wears a wig to get those perfect ringlets. It's also true that a whole night has passed when she arrives to the beach. In the book it's a much longer time, though.
go on...go on... don't be afraid...
whoah who would not freak out with those devilish words!?
i guess her character was so young, sensative and good she couldnt even comprehend the idea of firing the help. lol :)
"why don't you...? why don't you...?"
terrifying! a wonderfully shot moment
In the musical as well, (or at least in our Hungarian version) Rebecca fell and hit her head while having a quarrell with Maxim - Max pushed her, she hit her head and died. (there is a song where Maxim tells the story)
But in the book, Max shot her.
Mrs. Danvers is one of the best villains of ALL time!
Great scene from s great movie. Mrs Danvers is played by Judith Anderson. She was originally an Australian and I can detect a faint trace of Australian intonation in her voice. Without her malicious and menacing role, Rebecca would not have been as great as it is.
"You're over-wrought madam." Bwahahahaha!
I've always seen Merle Oberon as Rebecca.
Too cool!!!!
Mrs. Danvers reminds me of Mrs. Dudley in The Haunting (1963).
@rosesfororion oh yes, indeed. Judith Anderson was a class actress of her time. I've just seen her in great roles, like Big Momma in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
@TheOobster He liked everybody to call him "Larry." He probably said what he did because if he'd said "this is Larry in the penthouse," nobody would have known who was speaking.
Chloris Leachman did a great Danvers parody in Young Frankenstein
5 people don't like to be bored
The maid was excellent
She creeped out everyone!
@toothbrush55 They changed the ending for the movie because at the time Hollywood couldn't show a murderer not being pusnished for the crime. I always felt that the second Mrs De Winter for all her meekness felt elated that her husband hated Rebecca enough to kill her. Then there was no doubt and also knowing the secret gave her finally some power in a relationship where she had had none previously.
Ah really, you're right. I just read it in the book. Thanks :)
well that escalated quickly.
@WyattsFreakinChannel with that look and disposition, she could have made a career of playing vampires
max knew the real rebecca
@TheMoodyGuru You're in for a treat, because I think you'll like those movies I mentioned. I bought The Innocents and The Legend of Hell House through Amazon. I bought The Changeling at FYE. I'll check out Theatre of Blood. Thanks for the recommendation.
Yes.
@TheMoodyGuru I agree. Mrs. Dudley is spooky/creepy, but she does smile at one point in the movie. I don't think Mrs. Danvers smiles ever. I watch The Haunting with the lights out, also. I also watch The Innocents (1961), The Changeling (1980), and The Legend of Hell House (1973) with the lights out. All are great movies. Have you seen them?
@TheMoodyGuru Exactly. Who's creepier, Mrs. Danvers or Mrs. Dudley?
Kind of wonder for a second if Mrs. Danvers is about to push Mrs. de Winter right before the firework goes off...
Ce n est pas un feu d artifice,c est l alarme de l échouage du bateau
I would never have assumed that he murdered Rebecca. Rebecca that was adored by everyone. Maxim that was brave to kill Rebecca.
If thats the woman who played Mrs Danvers, Absolutely. She is chilling and I hate her. Brilliant acting. I cant stand what she done to the new Mrs De Winter. She is so unbelievably nice and sweet.
girlfriend is just going through. everytime she hears some new news, she backs away in shock.
Mrs. Danvers is under the belief that Rebecca had Drowned and that Maxim was terribly in love with Rebecca "night after night, walking up and down"-- when it turned out the "walking up and down" was Maxim pacing in delirium after he murdered Rebecca. Danvers was neurotic, but she was keeping maxim faithful and devoted to his first wife. But is he to be doomed to a life of misery all alone?
@Artemis6769 They had to change it as Hollywood couldn't at that time show a murderer not being punished for his crime.
@brgvt97 "In the night.....in the dark!!"
@brgvt97 Oh definitely Danvers! She gives me goosebumps. I think you could easily bamboozle Mrs Dudley, she doesn't strike me as the scheming type. The Haunting is one of my all time favourite films, it still scares me to this day. I like to watch it alone very late at night with the lights out 'cos I'm odd like that, same with Night of the Demon and City of the Dead. Every Halloween without fail......triple bill!
@BigMamaJamma That is so funny!
They would have been perfect for each other had it not been for the first Mrs. de Winter
my god that maid is just pure evil! >-
when you're not into this, you're just not into it. its' stupid that she feels so helpless. it doesn't make sense.
whooooooooaaaaa
@brgvt97 Nope, nope and nope. But I just Googled the trailers for them and can see myself having an all out binge at Amazon verrrrry soon! I'm surprised The Innocents slipped by me, I love Deborah Kerr. She was brilliant in Black Narcissus. I'm a bit of a Powell/Pressburger nut actually. By the way, for a real cheese & ham pizza you really need to see Theatre Of Blood with Vincent Price, also 1973. First time I saw it it was listed in the TV guide as 'Theatre Of Blonde'. Oh how I laughed :-)
No, she didn't bring up Rebecca. She said that she had come to Manderley when Rebecca had been a bride.
Yeach. He knew how evil she was. Doesn't that kinda creep you out? How people who seem to have the perfect life can be evil. How did evil come into the world?
Of course, in the book he really *did* kill Rebecca. No excuses like in the movie.
The first thing I would do is fire that old biddy!
What did they change? I've only seen the movie and the musical.
oh snap , '' i hated her'' dun dun dunnnnnnn 9:29
Hitchcock's best work.......Joan's, too!
aww damn i read the comment b4 i got to the i hated her part
@brgvt97 No worries! :-)
No, wait and see.
@xforcedsilencex Victory is miiiine!!
Yes, you're right. Evil came out into the world that way, but here is another question, why did God let evil into the world?
kind of serves her right for listening to a horrible woman like Mrs. Danvers. You'd think she would know better.
This is like a really bad Lifetime movie.
thanks for ruining it for me. you must be very happy.
9.28.... you know, if she had asked more questions and stopped being so ignorantly silent, she might have avoided so much!
also...in the book. Maxim Shot rebecca and killed her intentionally. I don't blame him, rebecca provoked him, and as we hear at the end, with good reason.
@aDieuSeul then no story
what a jerk :P
3 people with mental problems....
a lil immature lala
ok, what's wrong with this fool...
:/
uhhh I just read the book and I have to say, this is not what I expected from the movie. There is just something about the charaters Max and Mrs. Danvers that make me cring.
why don't they kiss? they're supposed to kiss!
The #1 angel of YHWH brought war into heaven & into this world. Blame him, for he deserves censure. Some love evil & belong to him. Very sad.
naaaw