Rebecca [Rebeca] (Spanish photoplay edition for the 1940 film) by Hitchcock, Alfred (director); Alma Reville, Michael Hogan, Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison (screenwriter); Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson (starring) - 1942

Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures, 1939. Two early treatments for the 1940 film, consisting of (1) a Synopsis by Franclien Macconnell, dated October 10, 1938 and (2) a Chapter Breakdown by Mary Bowie, dated May 10, 1939. Both issued for the studio's review of the novel's content prior to it having been green-lit for adaptation to film. Macconnel was "one of the best 'readers' from Val Lewton's story department" at Selznick's studios, according to Steve Wilson's 2014 The Making of Gone with the Wind, as well as an assistant story editor for the studio. A note on first page of synopsis states: "Throughout the book no hint is given as to the heroine's name, ... For synopsis purposes I am giving her the name of the authoress: Daphne. This unnamed character in the novel would, for the film (as in du Maurier's novel), be given only the name of her husband, Mrs. de Winter. Bowie was also a writer working at Val Lewton's story department at Selznick studios. Alfred Hitchcock's first American… Read More