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(More customer reviews)In this BBC biopic, Daphne's secret love life is explored, who is the author
of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and many more popular beloved novels. She is one
of the best-loved writers of all time. The film is based on personal letters
and various biographies. Daphne calls herself "a boy in a box" and this
revealing drama shows how her incendiary love life informed her writing. The
film charts the story of Daphne's unrequited passion for the beautiful, wealthy
and glamorous American heiress Ellen Doubleday, and how the play she wrote
about this forbidden desire led her to a life-changing love affair with the
irreverent, fun loving actress Gertrude Lawrence. Gertrude is played by
Janet McTeer, a British Actor who has become well known in America, and
is known for her ease of playing characters so diverse in her films,
sometimes she is completely unrecognizable from film to film. The movie
has a magnificent cast, with the setting in the 1940's and 1950's.
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Daphne Du Maurier is one of the most well loved women writers of all time who, in Rebecca, created one of the most beguiling characters in English LIterature. In celebration of the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth, a new fact-based drama explores the secret love life of this renowned writer. Based on personal letters and biographies, the film charts the story of Daphne's unrequited passion for the beautiful and glamorous American heiress, Ellen Doubleday, and how the play she wrote about this forbidden desire led her to a life-changing love affair with the irreverent, fun-loving actress Gertrude Lawrence. Daphne called herself 'a boy in a box' and this revealing drama shows how Daphne's incendiary love life informed the writing of her compelling stories. Margeret Forster's acclaimed authorised biography is an important source for this film.
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