Originally released as a motion picture in 1940, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier.
"Selznick International presents its picturization of Daphne Du Maurier's celebrated novel"--Opening frames.
Special features: Commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff ; isolated music and effects track ; screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan and Joan Fontaine ; Hitchcock on Rebecca, excerpts from his conversations with François Truffaut ; phone interviews with Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson from 1986 ; behind-the-scenes photo gallery ; production correspondence and casting notes ; deleted scenes script excerpts ; 1939 test screening questionnaire ; footage from 1940 Academy Awards ceremony ; re-issue trailer ; three hours of radio show adaptations.
Photographer, George Barnes ; editors, Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom ; music, Franz Waxman.
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter, Melville Cooper, Forrester Harvey.
DVD; Dolby Digital Monoaural.
English dialogue with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Academy Award: Best cinematography, black-and-white; Best picture, 1940.
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