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Summary:

A young woman believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.

Table of Contents:

• Disc one. Feature film
• disc two. Bonus features.

Contributors:

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 , film director

Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 , film producer, presenter

Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 , screenwriter

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 , screenwriter

MacDonald, Philip , screenwriter

Hogan, Michael, 1893-1977 , screenwriter

Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 , actor

Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 , actor

Sanders, George, 1906-1972 , actor

Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 , actor

Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 , actor

Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953 , actor

Denny, Reginald, 1891-1967 , actor

Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948 , actor

Bates, Florence, 1888-1954 , actor

Cooper, Melville, 1896-1973 , actor

Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 , actor

Carey, Leonard, 1887-1977 , actor

Fielding, Edward, 1875-1945 , actor

Winter, Philip , actor

Harvey, Forrester, 1884-1945 , actor

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 , composer

Kern, Hal C. , editor of moving image work

Barnes, George, 1892-1953 , director of photography

Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 , art director

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

Selznick International Pictures , production company

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English.

Main Work:

Rebecca (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Rebecca [by Du Maurier, D.]

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 135

Subjects:

De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character) — Drama

De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) — Drama

Wives — England — Cornwall (County) — Drama

Wives — Death — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Widowers — Drama

Haunted places — Drama

Country homes — England — Cornwall (County) — Drama

Country homes

De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character)

De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character)

Haunted places

Man-woman relationships

Widowers

Wives

England — Cornwall (County)

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Detective and mystery films

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Romance films

Fiction films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; uncompressed monaural.

Performers:

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter, Forrester Harvey.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, George Barnes ; music by Franz Waxman ; editor, Hal C. Kern ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features include: Disc 1: Commentary from 1990 by film scholar Leonard J. Leff; new conversation between film critic and author Molly Haskell and scholar Patricia White; Making-of-documentary from 2007; Theatrical release trailer; isolated music and effects track; Disc 2: new interview with film historian Craig Barron on Rebecca's visual effects; Daphne du Maurier: in the footsteps of Rebecca, a 2016 French television documentary; Footage of screen, hair, makeup, and costume tests for actors Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Sullivan, and Loretta Young; Casting gallery with notes by director Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick; Hitchcock interviewed by Tom Snyder on a 1973 episode of NBC's Tomorrow; Tomorrow interview with Fontaine from 1980; Audio interviews from 1986 with actor Judith Anderson and Fontaine; Three radio versions of Rebecca, from 1938, 1944, and 1950, including Orson Welles's adaptation of the novel for the Mercury Theater; Theatrical release trailer. Container booklet includes an essay "Welcome to the Haunted House" by critic and Selznick biographer David Thompson and selected Selznick production correspondence, including with Hitchcock.
Description based on: Title from container.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.33:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

REB 1940 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681433493
1681433494

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515203319
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2799BD

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022603843

OCLC Numbers:

994618331