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Rebecca (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Why Do You Choose Me?

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    Rebecca (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Why Do You Choose Me?

    Wealthy widower Maxim (Laurence Olivier) and shy paid companion Joan Fontaine (whose first name is never mentioned) have grown closer during their Monte Carlo holiday, unbeknownst to her employer Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates), early in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, 1940.

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