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Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, stars of the film Principal photography on Rebecca began on 8 September 1939, having been postponed twice from 30 August and then 5 September. [ 2 ] : 57 The film was budgeted at $800,000 and 36 days of shooting, [ 2 ] : 58 but went significantly behind schedule, ultimately concluding after 63 days on 20 ...
Rebecca (1940), starring Laurence Olivier alongside Fontaine, marked the American debut of British director Alfred Hitchcock. The film was released to glowing reviews, and Fontaine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress . [ 11 ]
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier OM (/ ˈ l ɒr ə n s ˈ k ɜːr ə ˈ l ɪ v i eɪ / LORR-ənss KUR ə-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director.He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
Katharine Cornell and Laurence Olivier in the Broadway production of No Time for Comedy, on the cover of Stage magazine (April 15, 1939) Olivier, with Joan Plowright in The Entertainer on Broadway in 1958. This table contains Olivier's known professional theatrical roles. It also contains the occasions when he both acted and directed.
Then when Alfred Hitchcock became involved, the budget increased and Laurence Olivier and Frances Dee were to star. Eventually, it was decided to cast Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Fontaine had to be borrowed from David O. Selznick for an expensive fee; she had been dropped from RKO's contract list some years before. [1]
When Olivier, in Los Angeles, tries to arrange a tryst with Leigh, Wuthering director William Wyler reprimands him, and Olivier seethes. "I really am in hell my love — the valley of the shadow ...
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier with their friend Marilyn Monroe. PA Images - Getty Images In the airport lounge, Vivien sat by the window and the daylight emphasised every aged and fatigued ...
As the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, she was required to mentally torment the young bride, the "second Mrs. de Winter" (Joan Fontaine), even encouraging her to commit suicide; and to taunt her husband (Laurence Olivier) with the memory of his first wife, the never-seen "Rebecca" of the title.