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THEATRE 62: REBECCA (TV)

Summary

The final program in this series of live dramatizations of celebrated motion picture classics. This suspense drama relates the story of a young au pair girl who marries the wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. She has difficulty adjusting to her new life as mistress of her husband's estate because she feels that he still loves his first wife, the beautiful Rebecca. It is not until the nature of Rebecca's death is questioned that she learns the truth about Rebecca's character. Includes commercials. (This is a black-and-white copy of a color telecast.)

Details

  • NETWORK: NBC
  • DATE: April 8, 1962 Sunday 10:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:59:03
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W copy of a color telecast
  • CATALOG ID: T81:0118
  • GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense; Literature - Adaptations; Marriage
  • SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1961-1962
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Fred Coe … Producer
  • Claude Traverse … Associate Producer
  • Boris Sagal … Director
  • Robert E. Sherwood … Writer
  • Joan Harrison … Writer
  • Daphne du Maurier … Based on the novel by
  • Ellen M. Violett … Adapted by
  • James Mason … Cast, Maxim de Winter
  • Joan Hackett … Cast, Mrs. de Winter
  • Lloyd Bochner … Cast, Jack Favell
  • Murray Matheson … Cast, Frank Crawley
  • Nina Foch … Cast, Mrs. Danvers
  • Byron Russel … Cast, Frith
  • Franklyn Fox … Cast, Colonel Julyan
  • Joan Craydon … Cast, Beatrice
  • Spencer Davis … Cast, Giles
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