Rebecca

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

• 1940National Board of Review Awards · Top Ten FilmsTop Ten Films
• 1941Academy AwardsCinematography (Black-and-White) — George Barnes
• 1941Academy AwardsActor — Laurence Olivier · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsActress — Joan Fontaine · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsActress in a Supporting Role — Judith Anderson · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsArt Direction (Black-and-White) — Lyle Wheeler · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsDirecting — Alfred Hitchcock · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsFilm Editing — Hal C. Kern · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsMusic (Original Score) — Franz Waxman · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsSpecial Effects — Jack Cosgrove; Arthur Johns · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsWriting (Screenplay) — Robert E. Sherwood; Joan Harrison · nominated
• 1941Academy AwardsOutstanding Production — Selznick International Pictures

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Set in Manderley, a fictional seaside estate in Cornwall (fictional) · Monte Carlo

• Filmed at The Culver Studios, Culver City, California — Studio production site; Culver Studios' filmography lists Rebecca (1940), and the film's production company was Selznick International Pictures, which leased the lot in this period.
• Northern California — Second unit shot background footage in Northern California; exact named places not identified in the consulted allowed sources.