Arizona State University THE 405 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1)James Mason plays Phillip Vandamm, referred to as an "importer/exporter", who hides microfilm in the bottom of a wine bottle in "North by Northwest

Arizona State University

THE 405

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS

1)James Mason plays Phillip Vandamm, referred to as an "importer/exporter", who hides microfilm in the bottom of a wine bottle in "North by Northwest."

2. In 1955, Hitchcock was convinced by his agent Lew Wasserman to start "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on CBS.

3. In "Vertigo," Jimmy Stewart plays Scottie Ferguson, a detective who has suffered from agoraphobia since he was five, and is cured of his fear at the end of the film as he watches his girlfriend Judy get shot and killed.
4. A very cool shot in "North by Northwest" has Cary Grant pulling Eva Marie Saint off of Mount Rushmore and into the bed of his train compartment at the end of the movie.
5. Bernard Herrmann's score for the famous bi-plane chase scene in "North by Northwest" is one of the best compositions in the movie.
6. Hitchcock had been working on how to illustrate the "Vertigo" effect since his first American film, the Oscar Winner for Best Picture, "Rebecca."
7. The famous scene in "Vertigo" where Scottie remakes Judy into Madeleine includes a kiss where actors Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak stand on a large turntable to help achieve a special effect of the room spinning.
8. Hitchcock's theme song from the TV series has the macabre name of "Funeral March of a Marionette"
9. "North by Northwest" star Cary Grant is the epitome of the man that Alfred Hitchcock wished he was, as opposed to Jimmy Stewart - the man who personified Hitchcock as the leading man.
10. "Alfred Hitchcock's Breakfast Cereal" was one of the minor products that Hitchcock lent his name to.