Screen Education (2008) - Film as Text: The Wandering Woman in "Rebecca"

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• article: Film as Text: The Wandering Woman in "Rebecca"
• journal: Screen Education (2008)
• author(s): Richard Armstrong
• issue: pages 131-136
• journal ISSN: 1449-857X
• publisher: Australian Teachers of Media
• keywords: 1940s, American cinema, Classic films, Feature films, Film (Genres), Film (Productions), Film (USA), Film genres, Grief, Marriage, Narrative style, Rebecca (1940), Sets & set pieces, Themes, Women, Alfred Hitchcock

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The 'woman's picture' "Rebecca" (1940), which was thriller maker Alfred Hitchcock's first American film, is analysed. Focusing on women protagonists, it presented strong characterisations and a complex narrative of a woman's life path, typical of Hollywood films of the time.