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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Rear Window
James Stewart. This was the second of four films made by Alfred Hitchcock that starred James Stewart. James Stewart is great as the wheelchair-stricken photographer who takes a hobby of watching his neighbors.
| Who portrayed Jeffries' girlfriend Lisa Freemont? | Rear Window
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Grace Kelly. One of Grace Kelly's greatest roles. She has the most beautiful wardrobe in this film, and has amazing chemistry with James Stewart.
| L.B. Jeffries' wise cracking nurse was named what? | Rear Window
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Stella. Thelma Ritter portrayed Stella, and was perfect for the role. She does everything from massaging his back, taking his temperature, fixing him breakfast and giving him advice.
Raymond Burr. Raymond Burr was best known for his role in the tv series "Perry Mason". His hair was dyed white for the role to make him look older. He is great as the villian of the film.
| The personal item of Mrs. Thorwald that Lisa finds in the apartment was what? | Rear Window
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wedding ring. Lisa decides on her own to go across the way to investigate the supposed murder. While looking through the apartment, Thorwald catches her, and she is taken to the police station.
| What is the name of Jeff's detective friend? | Rear Window
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Doyle. Wendell Corey portrayed Jeff's detective friend. When he is first called by Jeff he doesn't believe any of the accusations or suspicions. He changes his mind later in the film.
| James Stewart's character is named L.B. Jeffries. For which names are "L.B." initials? | Rear Window
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We are never told. James Stewart is called either Jeff or Mr. Jeffries. The names corresponding to his initials are never revealed (when considering how other characters address him directly); in fact, outside of him identifying himself to Mrs. Doyle and the Doyle's babysitter, (both well later into the film), the only reference to his full name is the text on his cast early in the film.
| In the beginning of the film L.B. Jeffries has a broken leg. How did he suffer that injury? | Rear Window
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Photographing a crash at a race track. At the beginning of the film, as the camera pans across his apartment, you can see two photos taken at a race track chronicling a horrific crash, along with a broken camera.
| What is the middle name of Grace Kelly's character? | Rear Window
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Carol. Her entrance is one of the most famous shots in cinema history. Even today she is still one of the most beautiful women ever in film.
None of these. Although her exact title is never mentioned, it is inferred through her recounting of her day's activities with Jeff that she is involved with the high fashion industry.
| The plot centers around Lars Thorwald and his missing invalid wife. What is her first name? | Rear Window
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Anna. We learn her name from the posrtcard found by Lt. Doyle when he first investigates her disappearance.
New York. "Vertigo" is set in San Francisco; "Rope" was based on the Leopold and Loeb murder in Chicago; and the climax of "The 39 Steps" occurred in London.
| After Mrs. Thurwald's murder, Jeff calls Lt. Thomas Doyle to inform him of her questionable disappearance. How did they come to know each other? | Rear Window
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They were in the military together during the war. When Stella expresses concern about Jeff calling the police, he replies that it is a call to a guy he served with in the war. This fact is later confirmed when Doyle asks Jeff sardonically "How did we ever get along in that plane for three years?"
| How many rings did Mrs. Thurwald have in her jewelry collection? | Rear Window
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3. Jeff recalls for Lisa and Stella that Thurwald removed three rings from a handbag: one with a large diamond, one with a colored stone, and a plain gold band.
6th. Jeff specifies the precinct to connect to for the operator when first calling Doyle.
| What do Stella and Lisa find when they dig up Lars Thurwald's flower bed? | Rear Window
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Nothing. At the end of the film Stella inquires about what was initially buried there. Although we are never told what was actually buried, we find out from a policeman that Thurwald dug up the object and placed it in a hatbox back in his apartment.
Here lie the broken bones of L.B. Jefferies.. Jeff, Jimmy Stewart's character, has been in his cast for six weeks, and has one more week to go. He broke his leg while photographing a car crash on a race track. He is a "Life Magazine" photographer.
Insurance company nurse. Stella, played by Thelma Ritter, is full of advice for Jeff and wants him to marry Lisa. She thinks that a man and a woman should get together like two cabs running into each other in Time Square. She thinks that all of this peeping out the window is only going to lead to trouble. Boy, is she right.
| Lisa Carol Freemont, played by Grace Kelly, makes her first appearance in the movie by giving Jeff a close-up screen kiss. She then presents herself to him in a beaufiful $1,100 dress. In what city does Lisa say that the dress was made? | Rear Window
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Paris. Lisa said that the dress was right off the Paris plane, and that they sell a dozen a day in the $1,100 price range. Her sophistication, and level of success in the New York fashion industry, in the era of the 1950s, is a pleasure to watch.
| Lisa and Jeff fight over his way of life, his profession as a freelance photographer for "Life Magazine". What sort of career does Lisa want for him, so that he would stay put in NYC? | Rear Window
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Portrait and fashion photographer. She doesn't understand why Jeff has to live out of a suitcase, taking pictures all over the world while taking incredible risks, when he could be with her, living a wealthy, prosperous and safe lifestyle.
| Lisa and Jeff watch Miss Torso, the dancer, entertain her gentlemen callers. Jeff says, "She is like a queen bee with her pick of the drones." What does Lisa say in response? | Rear Window
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"I'd say she is doing a woman's hardest job, juggling wolves.". Lisa believes that Miss Torso does not love any of them. Jeff thinks that she is attracted to the most prosperous looking one but Lisa does not think that that means a thing.
| What do we first see Lars Thorwald doing for his wife? | Rear Window
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Bringing her dinner in bed. Jeff watches from the window as Lars leaves the tray of food for his sick wife in bed. As soon as he leaves the room, the wife is suspicious, and sneaks up on him in the living room. She accuses him of something, probably because she overhears him talking to another woman. She laughs at him. This is the last time we see her alive.
Winding a clock in the composer's apartment. Hitchcock always makes a cameo appearance in his movies, and keeps the audience guessing as to where he is going to show up. He is winding the clock in the composer's apartment without any other obvious connection to him.
| The audience sees the sculptress working on a sculpture in her yard. Someone comes by, and asks what it is. What does the sculptress call it? | Rear Window
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Hunger. The sculpture is a contemporary pear-shaped form with a large hole in the middle. She seems to have a wonderful life of sculpting, sunbathing, and sleeping.
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