"Rebecca" Transferred to Liberty

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23088, 2 August 1940, Page 5

"Rebecca" Transferred to Liberty

After four Successful weeks at the State, “Rebecca” will be transferred to the Liberty to-day. This dramatic romance from the best-selling novel by Daphne du Maurier stars Laurence Olivier and the brilliant young actress Joan Fontaine. Under Alfred Hitchcock’s direction Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine give a brilliant presentation of Ihe tragedy-haunted husband, and wife of Daphne du Manner's novel. For those who have not read though Rebecca is dead, her forceful

the book this film has the added attraction of a mystery. Supporting Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine are Judith Anderson. C. Aubrey Smith, George Sanders. Nigel Bruce, Florence Bates, and Gladys Cooper. Olivier is cast as Maxim ; de Winter, a prominent society man who is famous for his vast Tudor estate called Manderley. To this house he brings his second wife, played by Miss Fontaine, a shy and unsophisticated person, who can hardly be compared to the glittering and brilliant former mistress of Manderley, Rebecca, now dead. But

personality and dramatic beauty still continue to dominate Manderley and to haunt the dives of those who wander through its immense rooms. The effect of this domination brings the film story to a magnificent climax.

Universal is making "A Modern Monte Cristo," with Victor McLaglen and John Loder in the leading male roles. Anne Nagel and Philip Dorn are also in the cast.