Episode 116 - Best Picture 1940 - Rebecca

Alfred Hitchcock's first American-produced film, Rebecca, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1940.  It won two, for Best Picture and Best Cinematography.  Hitchcock himself was nominated for Best Director, an honor which would elude him throughout his career.  Sir Laurence Olivier stars as a haunted widower and Joan Fontaine his new wife, both living in the shadow of Rebecca.