Alfred Hitchcock's birthday.

0:03 Callarogus shark media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday, Master of Suspense, thriller films and the Golden Age of Hollywood mystery. Question one. Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, was born in London on a date he often joked fit his taste for superstition. What is his birth date? Question two? Which Hitchcock film popularized the disorienting dolly zoom effect achieved by moving the camera while zooming in the opposite direction to visualize a character's acrophobia.

0:45 Question three. Hitchcock never won a competitive Oscar for Best Director, but one of his films did win Best Picture, Which Hitchcock directed film took home the Academy Award for Best Picture. Question four. In the Hitchcock film, set entirely on a small boat, he couldn't make his usual walk on cameo, so he appears as a before and after photo in a newspaper ad for a slimming product called Reduco name the film. Question five, often cited as Britain's first full length talking picture and released in both silent and sound versions, which nineteen twenty nine hitchcock thriller helped usher the UK into the sound era. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, What is Alfred Hitchcock's birthdate? Answer? August thirteenth, eighteen ninety nine. Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, London on August thirteenth, a number traditionally linked with bad luck, neatly aligning with his fascination for suspense and the uncanny. Question two, which Hitchcock film popularized the Dolly zoom answer Vertigo nineteen fifty eight. Vertigo used the perspective warping shot to convey Scotty's Vertigo, executed by cameraman Ermin Roberts. The effect became a classic cinematic

2:18 tool for suspense. Question three, which Hitchcock film won Best Picture, Answer Rebecca nineteen forty Rebecca was Hitchcock's first American feature, produced by David O. Selznick. It won Best Picture, though Hitchcock lost Best Director to john Ford. Question four, in which film does Hitchcock cameo via a Reduco newspaper ad? Answer Lifeboat nineteen forty four, because the story never leaves the lifeboat Hitchcock's cameo appears in print, one of his most inventive cameos in a closed setting, Question five, which nineteen twenty nine hitchcock film, is considered Britain's first talkie answer Blackmail nineteen twenty nine. Blackmail began as a silent film before dialog was added. Its success marked a watershed moment for British cinema at the dawn of the talkies.

3:06 That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.