Today's Quiz - Hitchcock! - Trailers From Hell

Hitchcock relied on the Walt Disney Studios for this when producing 1963’s The Birds.

The bird attacks
Sound effects for the movie’s unusual soundtrack.
The matte paintings for the Bodego Bay locations

Character actor John McIntire plays the sheriff in Psycho. His real-life wife, Jeanette Nolan, also lent her talents to the film. What did she do?

Played Norman’s knife-wielding mother in the shower scene
Played the voice of Norman’s mother
She can be seen in the bedroom window as the silhouette of Norman’s mother.

Shakespeare helped provide the title for this classic Hitchcock thriller.

Shadow of a Doubt
Under Capricorn
North by Northwest

1945’s Spellbound featured a dream sequence designed by this great surrealist artist.

Marcel Duchamp
Salvador Dalí
Rene Magritte

Composer Bernard Herrmann, long time Hitchcock collaborator, plays himself in this thriller.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Stage Fright
The Trouble with Harry

Alfred Hitchcock made cameos in 39 of his 52 films but his appearance in 1949’s Lifeboat which was set in the middle of the Atlantic ocean may have been the most creative. What was it?

He appears as a body floating past the lifeboat.
His picture appears in the wallet of one of the castaways.
He appears in a newspaper advertisement.

In this classic suspense thriller, Hitchcock took the unusual approach of directing some of the actors via a short wave radio that broadcast his words to their flesh-colored earpieces.

The Birds
Rear Window
Vertigo

A runaway carousel provides the thrilling climax to this mid-period Hitchcock film.

I Confess
The Trouble with Harry
Strangers on a Train

This Hitchcock film contains only 10 shots.

Stage Fright
Rope
The Paradine Case

The design of the Bates’ house in Psycho was influenced by a painting from this great American artist.

Thomas Hart Benton
James Whistler
Edward Hopper

For this particular suspense classic, Hitchcock consulted with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Robert Millikan on how to make an atomic bomb.

North By Northwest
Notorious
Topaz

This Hitchcock film culminates in a white-knuckle chase atop the Statue of Liberty.

Foreign Correspondent
Saboteur
Sabotage

For this film, Hitchcock placed a lightbulb in a glass of milk to make it appear more sinister.

Spellbound
Marnie
Suspicion

This was the only Hitchcock film to win a Best Picture Oscar.

The 39 Steps
Rebecca
North By Northwest

Hitchcock called him "the greatest director".

Luis Buñuel
Vittorio De Sica
Nicholas Ray