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Jeebo

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19. Rebecca was also a great old movie.

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:05 PM

Aug 2025

1940, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine. Won Best Picture. The title character is recently deceased when the movie begins but she hovers as a sort-of spectral presence over the household and characters populating the film. Very gothic. Some time in the last year or two I read through an online list of Best Picture winners, ranking them from best to worst. That list awarded its Number One ranking to Rebecca. Of course, that ranking is subjective, merely somebody's opinion, but I will agree with that film at least being a candidate for that honor. And yet, nobody in this thread or on Ali Velshi's show the other day even mentioned that wonderful movie.

— Ron

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