Is De Havilland competing with her sister's earlier "Jane Eyre"? Two awful period piece hair-do's though DeHavilland wins hands down (for "awful, 18th century do.")
I heard that De Havilland and Joan Fontaine were very competitive though "Jane Eyre" was made in 1943 and "My Cousin Rachel" was made in 1952.
I just couldn't get over De Havilland's big, UGLY "do." I automatically didn't want to like her as a character...
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Not sure about this, but I thought it was suspect that her last name was Ashley as was her husband's first name in Gone wtih the wind. Also there were scenes with rockswith a view , where she would meet with a man, as there were in her movie, Wuthering Heights -- I wonder if the similiarities were intentional?!
"You're watching too much Sopranos, when you give your kids their allowance in envelopes"
You do realize the film is based on a novel, yes? A novel which bears no connections to Gone With the Wind. Wuthering Heights I might believe, but as most of Daphne DuMaurier's writing centered around Cornwall (at least from Rebecca and forward, DuMaurier held a fascination with the place), I'm quite certain that explains the rocks.
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shareOlivia was not in Wuthering Heights....you are thinking of Merle Oberon.
shareComparing the sisters' careers: I thought of Joan in Rebecca (1940) - both Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel were from novels written by Daphne Du Maurier.
share@TuppenceBeresford.
Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel are similar in several respects such as adapted from a Daphne Du Maurier novel, and great leads in both movies. Yet, Rebecca is one of the greatest movies of all time while Cousin Rachel is actually quite boring - especially in the beginning. I wonder if the difference is Hitchcock?
>>I thought of Joan in Rebecca (1940) - both Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel were from novels written by Daphne Du Maurier.
and 'Frenchman's Creek'
For a moment, I thought Rachel was wearing earmuffs.
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