Rebecca

Pros: acting of Laurence Olivier and Judith Anderson, Hitchcock's direction

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: 1940's Rebecca, Hitchcock's first Hollywood directing effort, is one of the great movie suspense-dramas of all time.

Review: Adapted from the book by Daphne du Maurier, the film Rebecca was the first American film project for Alfred Hitchcock. David O. Selznick, who had previously produced the classic Gone with the Wind, also produced...

Pros: Olivier and Fontaine, and the incredible Judith Anderson

Cons: Missing a few key Hitchcock trademarks,and takes some time to see

The Bottom Line: This a fascinating movie, based on Du Maurier's novel, but with the print of the master, turning a melodramatic plot into a masterpiece of suspense and psychological terror.

Review: Long discussed as the first film Alfred Hitchcock made in Hollywood, as well as the beginning of the legendary conflict between Selznick and Hitchcock, this movie is in the end, best remembered as a magnificent film, worthy of every Academy Award it...

Pros: direction, production, cast, cinematography, script

Cons: lengthy, dubious resolution

The Bottom Line: This film is essential viewing for students of Alfred Hitchcock. A great film combining romance and mystery that won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Review: In 1940, David O. Selznick was still basking in the enormous commercial and critical success of his Gone With the Wind. The producer's next project was nearly as successful, another box office sensation that would win Best Picture in addition to...

Pros: It's an intriguing and suspenseful story.

Cons: The first name of the second Mrs. de Winter is never mentioned.

The Bottom Line: This is one of Hitchcock's true classic films.

Review: What happens when everyone frequently compares you to your husband's late first wife? This is what happens in Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film "Rebecca". This classic, Best Picture Oscar winner stars Sir Laurence Olivier as George Fortescu Maximillian de ...

Pros: performance, direction

Cons: some may underestimate its depths

The Bottom Line: One of Hitchcock's top ten, a must see by any measure.

Review: Keats based his entire canon on the search for the immortal beloved – the shining ideal that, once attained, becomes something considerably more mundane (Madonna/w-hore), but, clearly, the desire for what can never be had is something that is a staple of...

Pros: Excellent character study!

Cons: Ending is more than a bit weak

Review: REBECCA (1940) is a film adaptation of a novel of the same name as directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontain.

This is certainly not your standard Hitchcock film! The original story by Daphne du Maurier has...

Pros: great story

Cons: might not appeal to action addicts

Review: I may be a little biased because I love old movies, and I love the writings of Daphne DuMaurier, so of course, I loved this combination! I have seen this movie several times and I'm sure I will see it again. The premise is this: A young orphan girl is...

Pros: casting, story, cinematography

Cons: length

Review: I love Hitchcock and I love Du Maurier's Rebecca, so you may think it a no-brainer that I am a huge fan of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Far too often however, I have seen my favorite books and stories butchered on the big screen, so I truly appreciate old...

Pros: Eccellent performances

Cons: Can be slow at points

Review: This is definitley Hitchcocks best. The performances are amazing. The sets, nothing short of incredible. The final shots in the movie are exquisite. Particularly great performances from Judith Anderson and George Saunders. Apparently, the two leads did...

Pros: Good movie that can be enjoyed at any time.

Cons: None.

Review: Rebecca is a wonderful story about a women who is haunted by her husband’s dead wife. The new wife, whose name is never revealed, feels that she is constantly competing with Rebecca. She feels that to her husband’s family she can never live up to the...