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Lot 1028

A David O. Selznick custom-bound screenplay of Rebecca

10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
Los Angeles

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A David O. Selznick custom-bound screenplay of Rebecca

Selznick International Pictures, 1940. Mimeographed manuscript, screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, from the novel by Daphne du Maurier, 144 pp, dated September 7, 1939, with 10 inlaid silver gelatin 8 x 10 in. photos of scenes from the film, bound in cloth and morocco leather with "Rebecca" and "David O. Selznick" embossed in gilt to cover and "Rebecca" embossed in gilt to spine. Though not as intense as the search for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939), many actresses in Hollywood yearned to play the role of the girl (she is not given a name) in Alfred Hitchcock's American directorial debut, Rebecca. Even Vivien Leigh tested for the role, as her amour, Laurence Olivier, was to play Maxim de Winter. Ultimately, Joan Fontaine had just the right amount of submissiveness (and yet spark) to play the meek girl who must contend with the overpowering memory of the first Mrs. de Winter and the evil Mrs. Danvers, played so memorably by Judith Anderson.
9 x 11.25 in.

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