Aug. 13, 2026
Alfred Hitchcock's birthday.
Alfred Hitchcock's birthday: master of suspense, thriller films, and the golden age of Hollywood mystery.
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Callarogus shark media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme
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is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday, Master of Suspense, thriller films and
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the Golden Age of Hollywood mystery. Question one. Alfred Hitchcock,
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the Master of Suspense, was born in London on a
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date he often joked fit his taste for superstition. What
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is his birth date? Question two? Which Hitchcock film popularized
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the disorienting dolly zoom effect achieved by moving the camera
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while zooming in the opposite direction to visualize a character's acrophobia.
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Question three. Hitchcock never won a competitive Oscar for Best Director,
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but one of his films did win Best Picture, Which
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Hitchcock directed film took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Question four. In the Hitchcock film, set entirely on a
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small boat, he couldn't make his usual walk on cameo,
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so he appears as a before and after photo in
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a newspaper ad for a slimming product called Reduco name
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the film. Question five, often cited as Britain's first full
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length talking picture and released in both silent and sound versions,
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which nineteen twenty nine hitchcock thriller helped usher the UK
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into the sound era. We'll be right back with these
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answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, What is
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Alfred Hitchcock's birthdate? Answer? August thirteenth, eighteen ninety nine. Hitchcock
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was born in Leytonstone, London on August thirteenth, a number
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traditionally linked with bad luck, neatly aligning with his fascination
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for suspense and the uncanny. Question two, which Hitchcock film
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popularized the Dolly zoom answer Vertigo nineteen fifty eight. Vertigo
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used the perspective warping shot to convey Scotty's Vertigo, executed
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by cameraman Ermin Roberts. The effect became a classic cinematic
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tool for suspense. Question three, which Hitchcock film won Best Picture,
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Answer Rebecca nineteen forty Rebecca was Hitchcock's first American feature,
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produced by David O. Selznick. It won Best Picture, though
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Hitchcock lost Best Director to john Ford. Question four, in
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which film does Hitchcock cameo via a Reduco newspaper ad?
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Answer Lifeboat nineteen forty four, because the story never leaves
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the lifeboat Hitchcock's cameo appears in print, one of his
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most inventive cameos in a closed setting, Question five, which
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nineteen twenty nine hitchcock film, is considered Britain's first talkie
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answer Blackmail nineteen twenty nine. Blackmail began as a silent
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film before dialog was added. Its success marked a watershed
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moment for British cinema at the dawn of the talkies.
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That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison,
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and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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See you tomorrow.
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