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The Murderous Gaze

Celebrating Hitchcock's 102nd. birthda🔯y, here's checking how well you know the 🍌Man Who Knew Too Much...

The Murderous Gaze
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1. What was Alfred Hitchcock's middle name?

2. Which character was the inspiration behind the first true Hitchcockian film , 'Th♉e Lodger' (192ꩲ6)?

3. Which film did Hitch m✱ake twice, atไ a gap of 22 years?

4. Which was his only attempt at a 3-D film?

5. Which artist collaborated with 𝓡Hitchcock for the sets of the dream sequence for the film 'Spellbound' (1945)?

On The Scent Of Thrill

6. What is the 𒁏claim to f🐲ame of Hitch's 'Blackmail' (1929)?

7. Which of Hitch's films had the film time approximately equal to the♓ actual time?

8. Which of Hitch's controversial charact🌃ers was a tax🧜idermist?

9. In which categor𒉰y did 'The man who knew t🔯oo much' (1956) win an Oscar?

10. Which actresജs, sister of a Hollywood stud 🥀in real life, made her debut in Hitch's 'The trouble with Harry' (1956)

Going Tough

11. What was the reason Hitchcock gave behind the choice of Raymond Burr for the murde🦩rer's role (Lars Thorwald) in 'Rear Window' (1954)?

12. Hitch fans know that 'Rebecca' was not there in the film of the same name and the heroine, (played by Joan Fontaine) did not have any name. Hitch had originally suggested a name for the heroine, whic꧃h Selznick abruptly rejected. What was Hitch's suggested name?

13. Which duo 𒁃wrot▨e the music for Hitchcock's 'Waltzes from Vienna'?

14. The role of Eve Kendall in 'North by North West' was portrayed by Oscar wining actress of 'On the Waterfront' 💮(1954🍸), Eva Marie Saint, on the rebound. Who refused the offer before Eva lapped it up?

15. The article🐲 'Film Produ🐓ction' was written by Hitchcock for a specific purpose. What?

Cameo

16. In which film did Hitch appear twice?

17. His cameo role in the film 'Lifeboat' (1943𓂃) as an a🌳d in a newspaper floating in the sea was unique. However, Hitch had previously suggested something grotesque for his cameo role. How did he wish to appear originally?

18. Which is the only film where Hitch appeared as himself, mainly to prov🏅ide the 🌠introduction to the film?

19. In which💧 film is he one amongst many in a group photograph?

20. His last cameo was in its own waඣy, a parting shot. How?

Trivia

21. Both Francois Truffaut and Satyajit Ray had named two films, one each from B&W and Colour as their favourite Hitchcock f🐻ilms. What are the films in q❀uestion?

22. Hitchcock's first film in Hollywood was 'Rebecca' (1940). But incidentally, he had come to Hollywood expec🐻ting to direct a different film. What was the film all about?

23. Hi🌸tchcock's film 'Marnie' (1964) starring Sean Connery for the only time was distributed as 'A Geoffrey Stanley film'. Who were Geoffrey and Stanley?

24. Research for which film hꦆad resulted in Hitc🌠h being shadowed by the FBI for some period of time?

25. Why did Hitchcock repent shooting 'To catch a thief' (1955) in French Riviera?

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