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FEATURED MOVIE OF THE MONTH
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ebecca t el l s t he st ory
of
a
young
"companion"
who,
whil e accompanying her
empl oyer on vacat ion in
Mont e Carl o, meet s t he
weal t hy widower, Maxim de
Wint er.
Af t er
a
brief
court ship, t he young girl and
Maxim are married and
ret urn t o his home in
Engl and. Al l of t he servant s
at Manderl y, especial l y Mrs.
Danvers,
seem
to
be
const ant l y comparing t he
new Mrs. de Wint er t o
Rebecca,
t he
deceased
f ormer wif e of Mr. de
Wint er. As t ime goes by, t he
young bride becomes more
and more dist raught over
her inabil it y t o overcome
t he
ghost
of
her
predecessor. Even Maxim

himsel f seems preoccupied
by t he memory of Rebecca.
It is onl y af t er a f reak
accident t hat t he second
Mrs. de Wint er l earns t hat
her
husband
t rul y
is
obsessed wit h his f ormer
wif e, however not in t he
way she had bel ieved. It
t urns out t hat it is onl y Mrs.
Danvers who remembers
Rebecca f ondl y, and t hat it
is she al one who wishes t he
new bride il l . Wit h t his
newf ound knowl edge, Mrs.
de
Wint er
gains
t he
conf idence t o t rul y t ake
cont rol
of
Manderl y.
Through t he many t wist s
and
t urns
of
t his
l abyrint hine t al e, t rue l ove
f inds a way t o win out over
t he demons t hat haunt al l
who have known, whet her
t hey l oved or l oat hed,
Rebecca.

April 12t h, 1940

St ars: Laurence Ol ivier, Joan Font aine, George Sanders