Memorable Hitchcock Movie Moments: Reel 2 Quiz

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1. From his wheelchair, an immobilised photographer sends his girlfriend into the garden of a suspected killer to look for evidence. She sneaks into the suspected killer's flat and the photographer can only look on helplessly as the man returns, grabs the girl and turns out the lights. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Rear Window

'Rear Window' was released in 1954 and starred James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr.
While confined to a wheelchair because of a broken leg, a photographer (Stewart) passes the time by watching the comings and goings of his neighbors from a window. Among them are a businessman (Burr) and his invalid wife until. One night, the businessman is seen several times carrying a heavy case from their home, returning each time with it much lighter, and the wife is no more to be seen. Suspicious that he has murdered her, the photographer hatches a plan with his girlfriend (Kelly) to prove it.
The "Lisa is caught in Thorwald's apartment" scene was placed at number 6 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

2. A self-absorbed millionaire welcomes his new, second, wife to the home he had shared with his first wife. She loves him, and imagines he reciprocates her love, but something terrifying seems to stir inside her when he confesses that he despised his first wife and played a part in her macabre death. In which Alfred Hitchcock movie does this traumatic confession scene appear?

Answer: Rebecca

Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine starred in the 1940 movie 'Rebecca', which was based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier. It was nominated for 11 Oscars and won two (Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Picture).
This is the story of a shy maid (Fontaine) who falls for a rich widower (Olivier). He takes her back to his estate at Manderlay in Cornwall where she learns that the death of the first wife (the Rebecca of the title) was not as straightforward as she had been led to believe.
The confession scene was placed at number 10 in a list of Hitchcock's 50 most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

3. The use of iconic landmarks to set the scene and build the tension is a hallmark of many Alfred Hitchcock movies. Which of these shows a small-time crook being chased by police over the domed roof of the British Museum, to fall through the glass into the reading room?

Answer: Blackmail

'Blackmail' was released in 1929 and starred Annie Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, and Donald Calthorp.
It is the story of a young shopgirl (Ondra) who is the girlfriend of a policeman (Longden). He is too wrapped up in his job, so she goes out with another man one night, he tries to rape her and she kills him. Naturally, the cop suspects his girlfriend is the killer, but so does someone else, who is determined to resort to blackmail.
The rooftop chase set was placed at number 20 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

4. A woman ends up dead in an apartment with a knife in her back and a horrified cleaning woman who finds the body begins to scream. Suddenly the camera cuts to a shot of a railway tunnel with a train steaming into it. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: The 39 Steps

'The 39 Steps' was released in 1935 and was based on John Buchan's novel of the same name. It starred Robert Donnat and Madeline Carroll.
Donnat plays Richard Hannay and the movie opens with him at a theatre performance by Mr Memory, a performer with huge abilities to recall information. Shots are fired and in the panic Hannay ends up going home with Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim) who says she is a spy and is being chased by assassins. That night she is fatally stabbed and he flees. This is the prelude to a long chase through England and Scotland and a return visit to a performance by the memory man, where Hannay realises the act is more sinister than just mere entertainment.
The 'cleaner finds dead body' scene was placed at number 23 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

5. A woman awakens from sleep on a train and notices that the elderly woman who had been sitting opposite her has disappeared - but did she ever exist in the first place? In which Alfred movie is this question posed?

Answer: The Lady Vanishes

'The Lady Vanishes' was released in 1938 and starred Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave.
The story is set on a trans-European train, which is stopped for the night by a storm. Iris Henderson (Lockwood) meets an old governess, Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty), but when the journey resumes, Miss Froy disappears. No one seems to have any knowledge of her, and one passenger, a psychiatrist, (Paul Lukas) suggests she was never on the train at all. Lockwood and Redgrave team up to find just what is going on.
'The disappearance of Miss Froy' was placed at number 14 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

6. A new wife suspects that her penniless bounder of a husband plans to kill her. He takes her for a drive at breakneck speed along a clifftop and her car door flies open. His hand reaches towards her... From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a memorable scene?

Answer: Suspicion

'Suspicion' was released in 1941 and starred Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine.
After their marriage, a wealthy woman (Fontaine) discovers that her new husband (Grant) is a feckless criminal. She suspects that he is trying to kill her. First she faces drinking a glass of milk that she thinks is poisoned, and then he takes her for the late-night drive. As the car door flies open and his hand reaches towards her, she and the audience are convinced he is going to push her out. Instead he pulls her in - and then they live happily ever after.
The 'Johnny takes Lina for a hair-raising spin' scene was placed at number 31 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

7. A young woman is forced by a semi-deranged lover into changing her physical appearance. The audience sees her gaining a new hairstyle, new clothes and newly-shaped eyebrows. She then emerges into a green-lit bedroom looking the very image of his dead former lover. Inflamed with passion, he kisses her. In which Alfred Hitchcock movie does this rather morbid scene appear?

Answer: Vertigo

Released in 1958, 'Vertigo' starred James Stewart and Kim Novak.
This is another memorable scene from 'Vertigo' to make the list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008 (they placed it at number 3).
'Vertigo' tells of a cop-turned-P.I. who is wracked with grief when a woman he loves falls from a tower. He meets another woman who looks a little bit like his first lover and he, creepily, asks her to change her appearance to resemble the woman who died. What he does not know is that she has a secret.

8. A supposedly sweet and innocent actor is trapped below a theatre stage with a female friend and admits to being a homicidal maniac. Her eyes get bigger and her face shows her mounting terror, suddenly a piece of scenery falls and one of them dies... This was a tense scene from an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Which one?

Answer: Stage Fright

'Stage Fright' was released in 1950 and starred Richard Todd, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Jane Wyman.
Set in London's West End, Richard Todd plays Jonathan Cooper, an actor suspected of murder, who tries to convince a fellow cast member, Eve Gill (Jane Wyman), that he did not do it. She believes him, and instead concentrates on proving the killer is another member of the drama troupe, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietich). In a dressing room rigged with a microphone, Gill confronts Inwood who denies that she killed her husband, but, in fact, Copper had - a claim that Cooper later confirms
The 'ghoulish confession' scene was placed at number 25 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

9. Which Alfred Hitchcock movie features a travelling camera shot that moves in one take from people idling in a hotel lobby, into a grand tearoom and across 50 yards of dance floor, to settle four inches from the eyes of a jazz band drummer?

Answer: Young And Innocent

'Young And Innocent' was released in 1937 and starred Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont and Edward Rigby.
This is another of Hitchcock's 'wrongly accused' genre. It is the story of a man called Robert Tisdall (played by De Marney) seen running from where the body of an actress is found on a beach. Of course he is presumed to be the killer and charged. He escapes from the courthouse with the help of Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam), the daughter of a police constable They go on the run to find the real murderer. The only lead is that given by a witness who says the killer is a man with a noticeably twitching eye.
The 'tea and jazz at the grand hotel' scene was placed at number 12 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

10. A woman confesses to her new husband, on the first night of their honeymoon, that she is clinically incapable of physical love. He appears to accept that and leaves the room; then, minutes later, he bursts in and pushes her onto the bed. The camera fixes on her face, then pans to look out through an uncurtained porthole. In which movie did Alfred Hitchcock use this device to suggest to audiences what takes place, even if they do not see it?

Answer: Marnie

'Marnie' was released in 1964 and starred Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel, Sean Connery and Louise Latham.
As a by-note Evan Hunter, who wrote the screenplay for 'The Birds', fell out with Hitchcock over the rape scene. He believed it was unnecessary and out of character for the man. Hitchcock got his way and the scene stayed in.
In the film, Hedren plays 'Marnie' a calculated thief who steals from her employer. She then applies for a job with a printer (Connery), who takes her on. He too is robbed, but he tracks Marnie down and, instead of handing her over to the police, blackmails her into marriage. After the rape incident they then work to discover what it was that had changed Marnie's character.
The 'rape of Marnie' scene was placed at number 44 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

Source: Author darksplash

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