Was Mrs Danvers Gay?

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• SI-EYE GOALS: REMEMBERG MRS. DANVERS, HCHCK'S OG QUEER VILLASNI. PREDATORY. FABULO. THE SCHEMG HOEKEEPER BROKE THE MOLD 80 YEARS AGO THE SISTER, OSR-WNG "REBEC." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 20, 2020/10:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3169PX;WIDTH:4123PX;}JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG1940: MOVIE STILL OM THE 1940 FILM, "REBEC." IN THIS SCENE, JOAN FONTAE AND JUDH ANRSON ARE SHOWN LOOKG OUT OF WDOW. (PHOTO BY �� JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 20, 2020 / 10:23 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SI-EYE GOALS: REMEMBERG MRS. DANVERS, HCHCK'S OG QUEER VILLA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-20T14:23:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-20T14:23:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT'S DOG PLANKS AND LEG LIFTS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EIGHTY YEARS AGO, ON MARCH 21, 1940, ALED HCHCK'S REBEC FIRST PREMIERED, TRODUCG ONE OF THE BIG SCREEN'S GREATT AND GAYT VILLAS, MRS. DANVERS, TO THE CEMATIC NON. PLAYED BY JUDH ANRSON, WHO WAS NOMATED FOR AN OSR FOR HER MARVELO TURN, SHE WOULD GO ON TO EXEMPLIFY THE REPRENTATN OF QUEER CHARACTERS FILM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FIRST, A LTLE BACKGROUND. DPE THE FACT THAT HE DIRECTED SOME OF THE BT FILMS, WELL, EVER, REBEC WAS THE ONLY HCHCK MOVIE TO W BT PICTURE AT THE AMY AWARDS. THIS WAS ALSO THE BRISH DIRECTOR'S FIRST HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTN, AND HIS LEGENDARY PERFECTNISM LED TO MANY CLASH WH PRODUCER DAVID O. SELZNICK. BUT NEHER ULD ARGUE WH THE RULTS—REBEC SRED 11 OSR NOMATNS AND WAS THE TOP GROSSG FILM OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED OFF THE 1938 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME BY NOTED BISEXUAL DAPHNE DU MRIER, REBEC TELLS THE STORY OF A MEEK YOUNG WOMAN WHO MARRI AN ARISTOCRATIC WIDOWER, MAXIM WTER, BUT IS HNTED BY THE MEMORY OF HIS FIRST WIFE, THE TULAR REBEC. THE NEW BRI IS FURTHER TERRORIZED BY THE WOMAN WHO SERVED AS REBEC'S VOTED HOEKEEPER AND NFIDANT: MRS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM STARRED LRENCE OLIVIER AS MAXIM WTER, JOAN FONTAE AS THE SEND MRS. WTER—WHO REMAS OTHERWISE NAMELS THE BOOK AND THE FILM—AND ANRSON AS MRS. DANVERS. AS SOON AS MRS. WTER SLOUCH , WET OM THE RA AND LOOKG GENERALLY LIKE A HOT MS, MRS. DANVERS PUMMELS HER WH AN UNENDG BARRAGE OF SI-EY AND WHERG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S SO OLLY TACHED AND UNFLAPPABLE THAT HER MERE PRENCE UNSETTL MRS. WTER. SO YOU KNOW, DANVERS IS SERVG MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, DANVERS IS OLR AND MATERNAL, HAVG RAISED REBEC OM YOUTH, BUT HCHCK MA HER YOUNGER AND MORE MYSTER, ALL BUT ERADITG WHATEVER BACKSTORY MRIER GAVE HER. MRS. DANVERS LURKS ABOUT THE STLE, SEEMG TO GLI AND OUT UNEXPECTEDLY—AN EFFECT HCHOCK WANTED ORR TO PORTRAY THE CHARACTER THROUGH THE EY OF THE ALWAYS ANX SEND MRS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANVERS' QUEERNS IS MA MORE AND MORE EXPLIC AS THE FILM GO ON. IN ONE FAMO SCENE, DANVERS FONDL REBEC'S NIGHTGOWN, MONSTRATG HOW SHEER IS—SHE'S BASILLY MAKG LOVE TO REBEC'S GHOST WHILE THE SEND MRS. WTER WATCH ABJECT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S GREAT. (SCROLL TO THE 2:00 MARK.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRS. DANVERS CLEARLY DON'T WANT THE SEND MRS. WTER AROUND AND MAK HER BS TO GET RID OF HER, LT SHE SULLY REBEC'S WIG-SNATCHG LEGACY. SO SHE SABOTAG THE UNSPECTG BRI THE GAYT WAY POSSIBLE—WH A DRS. SHE NVC MRS. WTER TO WEAR A GOWN THAT IS AN ALMOST EXACT REPLI OF ONE OF REBEC'S OLD NUMBERS, WHICH FURIAT HER HBAND. A DISTRGHT MRS. WTER IS NOW AT MRS. DANVERS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCTIVELY, SHE WHISPERS HER EAR, CG MRS. WTER TO KILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANVERS' PLAN IS FOILED BY A NVENIENT ALARM THAT ALERTS EVERYONE TO A SUNKEN BOAT THAT HAS WASHED ASHORE RRYG REBEC'S RPSE. TURNS OUT, REBEC WAS ACTUALLY THE WORST. MAXIM THOUGHT HE HAD ACCINTALLY KILLED HER, BUT SHE WAS REALLY DYG OF NCER AND TRIED TO AME HIM FOR HER ATH. IT'S A LOT, BUT THE END—AS WH ALL FILMS DURG HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN ERA—THE VILLA MT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, MRS. DANVERS SIMPLY DISAPPEARS, BUT HOLLYWOOD'S STRICT MORAL PRODUCTN ULDN'T ABI AN EVIL LBIAN LIVG PAST THE END CREDS. IN A SCENE SIAR TO THE BRI OF FRANKENSTE—ANOTHER GAY ALLEGORY—MRS. DANVERS, THE MONSTER, IS LAST SEEN SUCCUMBG TO THE FLAM OF A STLE BURNG AROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY VILLAS WOULD FOLLOW THE MOLD OF MRS. DANVERS, OM DISNEY'S QUEER-D ANTAGONISTS LIKE THE THE EVIL STEPMOTHER OM CRELLA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO THE PREDATORY SEBASTIAN VENABLE SUDNLY, LAST SUMMER, WHO ALSO DI A FRANKENSTEIAN ATH, AFTER BEG CHASED BY PCHFORK-WIELDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, WOULD TAKE YEARS FOR HOLLYWOOD TO GET OVER S QUEER REPRENTATN PROBLEM—SOMETHG THAT SHOULD HAPPEN… AT ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• REBEC : WAS MRS DANVERS GAY?

SI-EYE GOALS: REMEMBERG MRS. DANVERS, HCHCK'S OG QUEER VILLASNI. PREDATORY. FABULO. THE SCHEMG HOEKEEPER BROKE THE MOLD 80 YEARS AGO THE SISTER, OSR-WNG "REBEC." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 20, 2020/10:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3169PX;WIDTH:4123PX;}JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG1940: MOVIE STILL OM THE 1940 FILM, "REBEC." IN THIS SCENE, JOAN FONTAE AND JUDH ANRSON ARE SHOWN LOOKG OUT OF WDOW. (PHOTO BY �� JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 20, 2020 / 10:23 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SI-EYE GOALS: REMEMBERG MRS. DANVERS, HCHCK'S OG QUEER VILLA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-20T14:23:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-20T14:23:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT'S DOG PLANKS AND LEG LIFTS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EIGHTY YEARS AGO, ON MARCH 21, 1940, ALED HCHCK'S REBEC FIRST PREMIERED, TRODUCG ONE OF THE BIG SCREEN'S GREATT AND GAYT VILLAS, MRS. DANVERS, TO THE CEMATIC NON. PLAYED BY JUDH ANRSON, WHO WAS NOMATED FOR AN OSR FOR HER MARVELO TURN, SHE WOULD GO ON TO EXEMPLIFY THE REPRENTATN OF QUEER CHARACTERS FILM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FIRST, A LTLE BACKGROUND. DPE THE FACT THAT HE DIRECTED SOME OF THE BT FILMS, WELL, EVER, REBEC WAS THE ONLY HCHCK MOVIE TO W BT PICTURE AT THE AMY AWARDS. THIS WAS ALSO THE BRISH DIRECTOR'S FIRST HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTN, AND HIS LEGENDARY PERFECTNISM LED TO MANY CLASH WH PRODUCER DAVID O. SELZNICK. BUT NEHER ULD ARGUE WH THE RULTS—REBEC SRED 11 OSR NOMATNS AND WAS THE TOP GROSSG FILM OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED OFF THE 1938 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME BY NOTED BISEXUAL DAPHNE DU MRIER, REBEC TELLS THE STORY OF A MEEK YOUNG WOMAN WHO MARRI AN ARISTOCRATIC WIDOWER, MAXIM WTER, BUT IS HNTED BY THE MEMORY OF HIS FIRST WIFE, THE TULAR REBEC. THE NEW BRI IS FURTHER TERRORIZED BY THE WOMAN WHO SERVED AS REBEC'S VOTED HOEKEEPER AND NFIDANT: MRS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM STARRED LRENCE OLIVIER AS MAXIM WTER, JOAN FONTAE AS THE SEND MRS. WTER—WHO REMAS OTHERWISE NAMELS THE BOOK AND THE FILM—AND ANRSON AS MRS. DANVERS. AS SOON AS MRS. WTER SLOUCH , WET OM THE RA AND LOOKG GENERALLY LIKE A HOT MS, MRS. DANVERS PUMMELS HER WH AN UNENDG BARRAGE OF SI-EY AND WHERG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S SO OLLY TACHED AND UNFLAPPABLE THAT HER MERE PRENCE UNSETTL MRS. WTER. SO YOU KNOW, DANVERS IS SERVG MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, DANVERS IS OLR AND MATERNAL, HAVG RAISED REBEC OM YOUTH, BUT HCHCK MA HER YOUNGER AND MORE MYSTER, ALL BUT ERADITG WHATEVER BACKSTORY MRIER GAVE HER. MRS. DANVERS LURKS ABOUT THE STLE, SEEMG TO GLI AND OUT UNEXPECTEDLY—AN EFFECT HCHOCK WANTED ORR TO PORTRAY THE CHARACTER THROUGH THE EY OF THE ALWAYS ANX SEND MRS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANVERS' QUEERNS IS MA MORE AND MORE EXPLIC AS THE FILM GO ON. IN ONE FAMO SCENE, DANVERS FONDL REBEC'S NIGHTGOWN, MONSTRATG HOW SHEER IS—SHE'S BASILLY MAKG LOVE TO REBEC'S GHOST WHILE THE SEND MRS. WTER WATCH ABJECT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S GREAT. (SCROLL TO THE 2:00 MARK.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRS. DANVERS CLEARLY DON'T WANT THE SEND MRS. WTER AROUND AND MAK HER BS TO GET RID OF HER, LT SHE SULLY REBEC'S WIG-SNATCHG LEGACY. SO SHE SABOTAG THE UNSPECTG BRI THE GAYT WAY POSSIBLE—WH A DRS. SHE NVC MRS. WTER TO WEAR A GOWN THAT IS AN ALMOST EXACT REPLI OF ONE OF REBEC'S OLD NUMBERS, WHICH FURIAT HER HBAND. A DISTRGHT MRS. WTER IS NOW AT MRS. DANVERS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCTIVELY, SHE WHISPERS HER EAR, CG MRS. WTER TO KILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANVERS' PLAN IS FOILED BY A NVENIENT ALARM THAT ALERTS EVERYONE TO A SUNKEN BOAT THAT HAS WASHED ASHORE RRYG REBEC'S RPSE. TURNS OUT, REBEC WAS ACTUALLY THE WORST. MAXIM THOUGHT HE HAD ACCINTALLY KILLED HER, BUT SHE WAS REALLY DYG OF NCER AND TRIED TO AME HIM FOR HER ATH. IT'S A LOT, BUT THE END—AS WH ALL FILMS DURG HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN ERA—THE VILLA MT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, MRS. DANVERS SIMPLY DISAPPEARS, BUT HOLLYWOOD'S STRICT MORAL PRODUCTN ULDN'T ABI AN EVIL LBIAN LIVG PAST THE END CREDS. IN A SCENE SIAR TO THE BRI OF FRANKENSTE—ANOTHER GAY ALLEGORY—MRS. DANVERS, THE MONSTER, IS LAST SEEN SUCCUMBG TO THE FLAM OF A STLE BURNG AROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY VILLAS WOULD FOLLOW THE MOLD OF MRS. 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This post is part of the Queer Film Blogathon currently beg hosted by Carole at Garbo Lghs to celebrate gay pri month.

The aim of the blogathon is to exame films that feature “lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or otherwise non-heterosexual, non-genr-bary pictns or personag film. Berenstien not that the horror genre is “a primary arena for sexuali and practic that fall outsi the purview of patriarchal culture, and the subgeneric trop of the unseen, the ghost and the hnted hoe…Portrayg lbians as ghosts Hollywood movi is, then, directly lked to cultural attus and anxieti about homosexualy. As Lily Toml explas the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet, gay characters have been on the screen sce the birth of cema.

Mastream dienc 1940 may or may not have read the film versn of Rebec as havg anythg to do wh homosexualy, but is likely that gay and lbian dience members of the time viewed films hop of tchg glimps of LGBT people reprented on screen. Everythg was behd closed doorsCathere WrightMale homosexualy had been illegal sce 1533 but relatnships between women weren’t even openly acknowledged.

GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS

Eighty years ago, on March 21, 1940, Aled Hchck's Rebec first premiered, troducg one of the big screen's greatt and gayt villas, Mrs. So she sabotag the unspectg bri the gayt way possible—wh a drs. In a scene siar to The Bri of Frankenste—another gay allegory—Mrs.

REBEC : WAS MRS DANVERS GAY?

9_9 Jaime: Homosexualy isn't at all a 2013 image! I am aware that homosexualy has existed forever.

I mean, was wrten way before gay rights bee a big thg like is today. " Rebec was published 1938, over a after Europe had gone through a very pro-homosexual perd, wh lots of barets and open homosexual behavr among many artists and tellectuals. I fd that anyone thought this qutns should not be asked: Historilly, there is a "gay" ntext to both Du Mrier and Rebec; even if the psychologil or culturally nt aspects(there had been a recent backlash agast "queer culutre" both Europe and the U.

A relatnship, whether homosexual or heterosexual, impli some sort of partnership, and I thk that Mrs Danvers is far too subservient and domated by Rebec, for to be nsired a romantic relatnship (by her or by anyone else). I would say to those who thk the ia of homosexualy this novel is ridiculo due to s time, that there are fely hts as to a bisexual nature Rebec's character and there were even mours that Daphne DuMrier herself was bisexual.