Rebecca (1940) – Filming Locations
Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Drama · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Where was Rebecca filmed?
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Interior studio sets including the Manderley mansion interiors and various interior scenes. Most of the film's interiors were constructed and filmed on soundstages at the Selznick studio lot in Hollywood
- Monterey, United States, Monterey – The honeymoon sequence with Maxim and the new Mrs. de Winter driving along the California coast. The dramatic California coastline doubled for the English Cornish coast in the romantic honeymoon scenes
- Big Sur, United States, Big Sur – Exterior scenes of the coastal drive and cliff vistas during the honeymoon sequence. The rugged Pacific coast provided stunning landscape backdrops for the couple's romantic journey