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"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." "Oh, I wish I were a woman of thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls." "I am Mrs. de Winter now." Selznick International Pictures, 1940. Bound in maroon calf and cloth; gold-embossed on cover "Rebecca / Joan Fontaine" and on spine "Rebecca;" inside yellow script cover typed "Selznick International / presents / 'Rebecca' / from the novel / by / Daphne du Maurier / Screen Play / by Robert E. Sherwood / and / Joan Harrison / Adaptation by / Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan / Final Shooting Script / September 7, 1939 / Produced by: David O. Selznick / Directed by Alfred Hitchcock;" inside front free end paper inscribed in black fountain pen ink "For Joan, / This souvenir of a / struggle and a dream. May neither be forgotten / too soon. / Yours with affection - / until the adventure's sequel, / David" [O. Selznick]; 144 typed pages including seven original print sepia stills showing scenes from the finished film bound within. As was producer David O. Selznick's custom, after filming was complete, he would have copies of the final shooting script beautifully bound and embossed for all the important cast and crew members of the production. He would then personally inscribe each and gift it to the recipient, this one being the one he gave to Ms. Fontaine. This all-time classic Hitchcock film, starring Joan Fontaine as "I" (or the second Mrs. de Winter), Laurence Olivier as George Fortescue Maximilian 'Maxim' de Winter, George Sanders as Jack Favell, and Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers, among others such as Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Copper, Florence Bates, and Leo G. Carroll, was nominated for multiple Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Joan Fontaine), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Judith Anderson), Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock , Best Art Direction, Black and White (Lyle R. Wheeler), Best Effects, Special Effects (Jack Cosgrove - photographic and Arthur Johns - sound), Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern), Best Music, Original Score (Franz Waxman), and Best Writing, Screenplay (Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison). It won two: Best Picture (David O. Selznick) and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (George Barnes). Ms. Fontaine had some stiff competition that year: Bette Davis, Martha Scott, Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers who ultimately won for "Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman." The following year, Ms. Fontaine was again nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and won -- for her performance as Lina in another now-classic Hitchcock film, "Suspicion," co-starring Cary Grant. 11 x 8 1/2 x 1in