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  • A man and woman stand close together; he has his arm on her shoulder, as though shielding her from what they are both looking at, off-camera.
  • A woman holds a man around his waist, and looks at him with a somewhat worried expression.
  • A housekeeper hovers closely and threateningly behind a woman dressed in an evening gown.
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Wednesday, March 4

HITCHCOCK’S ONLY ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson
Screenplay Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier
Cinematography George Barnes
1940 | USA | DCP | Approx. 130 min. | In English

Gawkily naïve Joan Fontaine finds it’s tough being dominated by a dead woman after marriage to brooding blueblood Laurence Olivier.  And Judith Anderson’s ominous housekeeper Mrs. Danvers keeps reminding her she’ll always be Number 2. Hitchcock’s only Best Picture Oscar winner, with nominations for screenwriters Robert Sherwood and Joan Harrison. Based on the Daphne du Maurier novel.

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