[PAR] [TLE] Rebecca (1940 film) [SEP] Rebecca is a 1940 psychological drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick.  The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.  The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife, with Judith Anderson and George Sanders in supporting roles. [PAR] [TLE] George Sanders [SEP] George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a Russian-born English film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author.  His career as an actor spanned more than 40 years.  His upper-class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters.  He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in "Rebecca" (1940), Scott Folliott in "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) (a rare heroic part), Addison DeWitt in "All About Eve" (1950), for which he won an Academy Award, King Richard the Lionheart in "King Richard and the Crusaders" (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of "Batman" (1966), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's "The Jungle Book" (1967), and as Simon Templar, "The Saint", in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.
[PAR] [TLE] Rebecca ( 1940 film ) [ SEP ] Rebecca is a 1940 psychological drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock . It was Hitchcock 's first American project , and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick . The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier . The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding , aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife , with Judith Anderson and George Sanders in supporting roles . [PAR] [TLE] George Sanders [ SEP ] George Henry Sanders ( 3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972 ) was a Russian - born English film and television actor , singer - songwriter , music composer , and author . His career as an actor spanned more than 40 years . His upper - class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters . He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in " Rebecca " ( 1940 ) , Scott Folliott in " Foreign Correspondent " ( 1940 ) ( a rare heroic part ) , Addison DeWitt in " All About Eve " ( 1950 ) , for which he won an Academy Award , King Richard the Lionheart in " King Richard and the Crusaders " ( 1954 ) , Mr. Freeze in a two - parter episode of " Batman " ( 1966 ) , the voice of the malevolent man - hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney 's " The Jungle Book " ( 1967 ) , and as Simon Templar , " The Saint " , in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s .
Who did George Sanders play in Alfred Hitchcock's first American project?
Who did George Sanders play in Alfred Hitchcock 's first American project ?
Jack Favell
Jack Favell