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Watch: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) (2)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 22, 2012

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Mary Pickford, was released on September 22, 1917.  Directed by Marshall Neilan, the script was based on the novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the “Mary read more

Tropes of Women in Film: Joan Fontaine in Rebecca

Spoilers Posted by Duke Mantee on Jul 17, 2012

Rebecca wasa Alfred Hitchcock’s only film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was his first American film, and for the role of the unnamed, terrorized narrator, he chose 21-year-old Joan Fontaine. Fontaine was the younger sister of star Olivia de Havilland, but Fontaine had not yet estab read more

You thought I loved Rebecca? … I hated her!

True Classics Posted by Brandie on Jul 10, 2011

For years, I was quite certain that when it came time to cast the role of the tortured, mysterious Maxim de Winter for the 1940 film version of Rebecca, the first—and only—name on everyone’s lips in Hollywood had to have been Laurence Olivier. How could it NOT be? The dashing, dark read more
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