Hitchcock & Selznick: Making Rebecca's Gothic Manderley (1940)

Alfred Hitchcock's first American movie, REBECCA (1940), produced by David O. Selznick and based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier tells a story of romance and mystery set in a large, gothic mansion called Manderley.

Starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson, REBECCA is a gothic tale and it's production benefitted from the suspense brought by Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick's emphasis on glamour and romance.

The story of how Hitchcock and Selznick worked together to translate Manderley from du Maurier's novel to the screen and make it a central character in the film is fascinating.

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