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1、Rebecca,Introduction to the Author,Daphne du Maurier(达夫妮杜穆里埃):13 May 1907 19 April 1989 An English author and playwright.Her first novel,The Loving Spirit,was published in 1931.Today,she has been re-appraised as a first-rate storyteller,a mistress of suspense.Her ability to recreate a sense of place
2、 is much admired,and her work remains popular worldwide.For several decades she was the most popular author for library book borrowings.,The novel,The novel Rebecca,which has been adapted for stage and screen on several occasions,is generally regarded as her masterpiece.One of her strongest influenc
3、es here was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront.Her fascination with the Bront family is also apparent in The Infernal World of Branwell Bront,her biography（传记）of the troubled elder brother to the Bront girls.The fact that their mother had been Cornish(康沃尔郡的）saw no doubt added to her interest.,Content,Base
4、d on the novel by Daphne du Maurier,the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcocks first American film.Joan Fontaine plays the unnamed narrator,a young woman who works as a companion to the well-to-do Mrs.Van Hopper(Florence Bates).She meets the wealthy widower Maxim de Winter(Laur
5、ence Olivier)in Monte Carlo,where they fall in love and get married.Maxim takes his new bride to Manderlay,a large country estate in Cornwall.However,the mansions(宽敞的房子)many servants refuse to accept her as the new lady of the house.They seem to be loyal to Maxims first wife,Rebecca,who died under m
6、ysterious circumstances.Particularly cruel to her is the prim（一本正经的）housekeeper Mrs.Danvers(Judith Anderson),who is obsessed with Rebecca.She continually attests（宣称）to her beauty and virtues(referring to her as“the real Mrs.de Winter”)and even preserves her former bedroom as a shrine（圣物）.The new Mrs
7、.de Winter is nearly driven to madness as she begins to doubt her relationship with her husband and the presence of Rebecca starts to haunt her.Eventually,an investigation leads to the revelation about Rebeccas true nature.,Pictures,The Movie,1940 Academy Awards wins:Best Picture-Selznick International Pictures-David O.SelznickBest Cinematography,Black and WhiteGeorge Barnes1940 Academy Award nominations:Best Actor in a Leading Role-Laurence Olivier.Best Actress in a Leading Role-Joan FontaineBest Director-Alfred Hitchcock.,
