‘Rebecca’
A nameless, naive young heroine (Joan Fontaine, pictured) inmarries the brooding master of Manderley (Laurence Olivier, pictured) and finds herself competing with his late first wife, Rebecca, and menaced by Rebecca’s adorer, the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson). Based on Daphne du Maurier’s much-copied Gothic romance, this 1940 release was Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film--though the stamp it bears is producer David Selznick’s. It’s a quality production, almost glassily perfect in externals. With George Sanders, Gladys Cooper and Nigel Bruce (AMC Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and early Thursday at 1 a.m.).
Other four-star films airing this week:
The Graduate / Showtime, Sunday, 7 p.m. and Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Throne of Blood / Bravo, Tuesday, 2:05 p.m.
Cyrano de Bergerac / A&E;, early Wednesday, 1 a.m.
Foreign Correspondent / AMC, Wednesday, 4 and 11 p.m.
Yojimbo / Bravo, Saturday, 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Das Boot / TBS, Saturday, 9:50 p.m.
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