Rebecca (1940 film)
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| - | '''Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland''' (22 October 1917 − 15 December 2013), known professionally as '''Joan Fontaine''', was a [[British American|British-American]] actress. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with [[RKO Pictures]] that same year. | + | '''''Rebecca''''' is a 1940 American psychological dramatic thriller directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as his first American project and his first film produced under his contract with [[David O. Selznick]]. The film's screenplay was an adaptation by [[Joan Harrison (screenwriter)|Joan Harrison]] and [[Robert E. Sherwood]] from [[Philip MacDonald]] and [[Michael Hogan (screenwriter)|Michael Hogan]]'s adaptation of [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s 1938 [[Rebecca (novel)|novel of the same name]]. It was produced by Selznick and stars [[Laurence Olivier]] as the aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter, [[Joan Fontaine]] as his second wife, and [[Judith Anderson]] as the housekeeper, [[Mrs. Danvers]]. |
| - | In 1941, she received an Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for her role in ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. The following year, she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for Hitchcock's ''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]'' (1941) making Fontaine the only actor to ever win an Academy Award in a film directed by Hitchcock. Fontaine and her elder sister [[Olivia de Havilland]] are the only set of [[List of Academy Award winning families#Siblings|siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards]]. During the 1940s to the 1990s, Fontaine continued her career in roles on the stage and in radio, television and film. She released her autobiography, ''No Bed of Roses'', in 1978. After a career spanning over fifty years, Fontaine made her last on-screen appearance in 1994. | + | The film is a [[Gothic fiction|gothic tale]] about the lingering memory of the title character, Maxim de Winter's dead first wife, which continues to haunt Maxim, his new bride, and Mrs. Danvers. The film won two [[Academy Awards]], including Best Picture, out of a total 11 nominations. Olivier, Fontaine and Anderson were all [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nominated for their respective roles. Since the introduction of awards for actors in supporting roles, this is the only film named Best Picture that won no other Academy Award for acting, directing or writing. |
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| - | Born in Japan to British parents, the sisters moved to California in 1919. Fontaine lived in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], where she owned a home, Villa Fontana. It was there that she died of natural causes at the age of 96 in 2013. | + | |
| + | ''Rebecca'' was the opening film at the [[1st Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1951. | ||
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Rebecca is a 1940 American psychological dramatic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project and his first film produced under his contract with David O. Selznick. The film's screenplay was an adaptation by Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood from Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name. It was produced by Selznick and stars Laurence Olivier as the aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as his second wife, and Judith Anderson as the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
The film is a gothic tale about the lingering memory of the title character, Maxim de Winter's dead first wife, which continues to haunt Maxim, his new bride, and Mrs. Danvers. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture, out of a total 11 nominations. Olivier, Fontaine and Anderson were all Oscar nominated for their respective roles. Since the introduction of awards for actors in supporting roles, this is the only film named Best Picture that won no other Academy Award for acting, directing or writing.
Rebecca was the opening film at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951.
