{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Presenting the Transcription Feature 202:  REBECCA","description":"I like to start off the new year with these adaptations by \u201cThe Lux Radio Theater.\u201d&amp;nbsp; We\u2019re going to get a little spooky this year.&amp;nbsp; \u201cRebecca\u201d was first a great psychological thriller novel by Daphne de Maurier in 1938, then a great film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, and eventually this great, though a little shorter, radio adaptation for \u201cLux.\u201d&amp;nbsp; Though the Hitchcock film is visually stunning \u2013 it won two Oscars, one for Best Picture and another for Best Cinematography \u2013 this adaptation has the benefit of two of the best actors in Hollywood \u2013 actually in England, with Sir Laurence Olivier reprising his role as Maxim de Winter from the film and his real-life wife, Vivian Leigh, as the otherwise un-named new Mrs. de Winter. Episode The Lux Radio Theater November 6, 1950 \u201cRebecca\u201d 2:11 ","author_name":"The Chronic Rift Network","author_url":"http:\/\/chronicriftnetwork.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39545445\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196936425"}