For my next film, in my opinion is titled with the greatest name ever to grace God's green earth: Rebecca. Yes my dear friends, this movie is graced with one of the most lovely sounding words int he english dicitionary. So the movie "Rebecca" is based off the best selling book "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. I have also read the book and its fantastic as well. Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American movie he ever directed and lemme tell you, it was great. Black and white films are near and dear to my heart. The lead actors in the film are Laurence Oliver, who was married to Viven Leigh of "Gone with the Wind" and Joan Fonataine who is still alive and well, one of the last 30's film stars to still be living. It was nominated for an academy award for best picture and won the great honor. The story is about a young man, Maxim de Winter, recently widowed who meets and falls in love with a beautiful young lady whose name is never given in the film, she is simply "Mrs de Winter". Maxim is incredibly wealthy and takes his new bride to his home, Manderley--a mansion beyond mansions. The film is about how the new Mrs de Winters always feels second rate to Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, and how she feels the servants in the household are out to get her. There is a huge twist at the end though that you never really see coming. Good movie.
The acting was great. I gotta say that Mr. Oliver is quite handsome (but then again, everyone looks great in black and white) and Ms. Fontaine is beautiful in her role. I love the way they speak and call eachother "darling"--no one says darling anymore. It was a great film and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As always, the book is better, but its always nice to see what you read brought to life.