I remember in the movie that there was an "R’ or “RdeW” monogram on a lot of Rebecca’s belongings. I have always thought that “R’s” are beautiful. I have been accused of marrying my husband just so that I could have that initial.
I ain’t sayin’.
I remember in the movie that there was an "R’ or “RdeW” monogram on a lot of Rebecca’s belongings. I have always thought that “R’s” are beautiful. I have been accused of marrying my husband just so that I could have that initial.
I ain’t sayin’.
Doesn’t the name C K Dexter Haven sound familiar to any of you?
I have no [sub]The Philadelphia Story[/sub] idea what [sub]The Philadelphia Story[/sub] you’re talking about.
She also wrote the short story which was the basis for Hitchcock’s The Birds.
I first read the book when I was 14 as a school assignment. I didn’t realize that the poor girl had no name until I was nearly finished, and was talking to a friend about it.
Oh, and I love the monogram. It’s all over Manderly, as if Rebecca is saying, “This is all still mine, you gauche little interloper.” Maxim too, one presumes.
The non Hitchcock film " Don’t Look Now " is also based on a Daphne du Maurier story.
I have a totally different take on the two Mrs. De Winters. I think the reason that the second Mrs. De Winter has no name is because the reader is supposed to identify with her. I know I do. I love the book so much because when I read it, I am Mrs. De Winter. Her namelessness makes it easy to just put yourself in her place. I certainly never sympathized with Rebecca, who represents “Them” as opposed to “Us”, the people who are always more beautiful and more popular.
Apparently, on the set, Hitchcock called the second Mrs de Winter “Daphne”, and Dame Du Maurier later said (I think in her autobiography) that there was a lot of truth to it.
If my name seems familiar to you, it’s probably because I’m a moderator of another forum, and I write a lot of Staff Reports. That’s all. Any coincidence between my name and the name of any other C K Dexter Haven is purely coincidental.