David O. Selznick
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David O. Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind and Rebecca, both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also
Selznick, c. 1934
Color version of the Selznick International Pictures title screen, as seen in A Star Is Born (1937)
Jennifer Jones and Selznick in Los Angeles, 1957
Crypt of Selznick, in the Great Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Glendale
Rebecca (1940 film)
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selzni
Theatrical release poster
In Monte Carlo, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) stops to speak to Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) only after recognizing her companion (Joan Fontaine), the woman he had encountered earlier.
The new Mrs. de Winter is intimidated by the grandeur of Manderley and its staff.
Danvers tricks the insecure second Mrs. de Winter into wearing the same costume Rebecca wore at her last costume ball.