Question 1

What was the typical tone of the movies that women directors made in the silent era?

Accepted Answer

The typical tone of movies made by women

Question 2

Unlike Chaplin,Harold Lloyd was a creature of the movies almost from the beginning and so required a long apprenticeship to learn how to make people laugh.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

King Vidor's first talkie,Halleluja,employed which one of the following now-common recording techniques?

Accepted Answer

A) voice-over 
B) dubbing 
C) sound montage 
D) none of the above 
A) voice-over 
B) dubbing 
C) sound montage 
D) none of the above

Question 4

Matching
-Harry Langdon ___ two of his best works

Accepted Answer

A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound 
A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound

Question 5

Chaplin's comic work probably owes its great appeal to the fact that it has a great sense of

Accepted Answer

A) the physical. 
B) the political. 
C) the psychological. 
D) the philosophical. 
A) the physical. 
B) the political. 
C) the psychological. 
D) the philosophical.

Question 6

Charlie Chaplin was always famous,even before getting into movies,for his "Little Tramp" character.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Matching
-F.W.Murnau ___

Accepted Answer

A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound 
A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound

Question 8

The Jazz Singer was spectacular success from its first performance,thereafter prompting theaters to begin wiring for sound at considerable expense.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Most female film directors flourished when the "talkie" era began.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The female director whose work was so admired that Universal built a studio for her that was hers alone was

Accepted Answer

A) Lois Weber 
B) Alice Guy-Blache 
C) Francis Marion 
D) Mrs.Wallace Reid 
A) Lois Weber 
B) Alice Guy-Blache 
C) Francis Marion 
D) Mrs.Wallace Reid

Question 11

Each of the following is a thematic aspect of Charlie Chaplin's best work except

Accepted Answer

A) conveying the pain of being human. 
B) portraying the joy of being rich and powerful. 
C) showing what it is to love more than to be loved. 
D) dramatizing being ignored when one does not deserve to be ignored 
A) conveying the pain of being human. 
B) portraying the joy of being rich and powerful. 
C) showing what it is to love more than to be loved. 
D) dramatizing being ignored when one does not deserve to be ignored

Question 12

Silent films blended several arts except for

Accepted Answer

A) photography. 
B) music. 
C) acting. 
D) special effects. 
A) photography. 
B) music. 
C) acting. 
D) special effects.

Question 13

Many comedians in early Hollywood movies came from

Accepted Answer

A) vaudeville. 
B) Broadway. 
C) Burlesque. 
D) little theatre. 
A) vaudeville. 
B) Broadway. 
C) Burlesque. 
D) little theatre.

Question 14

Matching
-Buster Keaton ___ h.made The Last Laugh,stylized mise
en scene helped to wean audiences from

Accepted Answer

A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound 
A) first European woman director 
B) satirized sex,fidelity,and bad faith in intimate relations 
C) a star who also teamed with Fairbanks and Chaplin to form United Artists 
D) The Navigator 
E) stellar career basically ended as a film comedian after two years
F)City Lights
G)Underworld and The Last Command two of his best works
H)made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from rural romances
I)made The Crowd which deals with something approaching real life
J)produced The Jazz Singer which included sound

Question 15

What were some of the ways that Mary Pickford's film career paralleled Hollywood's evolution as the filmmaking capital of the world?

Accepted Answer

Mary Pickford's film career paralleled H

Question 16

To what extent and in what way(s)did the introduction of sound turn films into "talkies" (sound dependent)rather than movies (image/picture dependent)?

Accepted Answer

The introduction of sound turned films i

Question 17

What was Hollywood's resistance at all levels - studio owners,directors,actors,etc.- to introducing sound to the movie experience?

Accepted Answer

Hollywood's resistance to introducing so

Question 18

Who of the following is considered a carefree flapper?

Accepted Answer

A) Clara Bow 
B) Greta Garbo 
C) Lillian Gish 
D) Mary Pickford 
A) Clara Bow 
B) Greta Garbo 
C) Lillian Gish 
D) Mary Pickford

Question 19

Why was vaudeville an excellent training ground for acting in movies?

Accepted Answer

Vaudeville was an excellent training gro

Question 20

How did Charles Chaplin create pathos (sympathy for another)in his comedies like City Lights or The Gold Rush? Illustrate.

Accepted Answer

Charles Chaplin was a master at creating

Exam 3: American Cinema in the 1920s

What was the typical tone of the movies that women directors made in the silent era?

Unlike Chaplin,Harold Lloyd was a creature of the movies almost from the beginning and so required a long apprenticeship to learn how to make people laugh.

King Vidor's first talkie,Halleluja,employed which one of the following now-common recording techniques?

Matching -Harry Langdon ___ two of his best works

Chaplin's comic work probably owes its great appeal to the fact that it has a great sense of

Charlie Chaplin was always famous,even before getting into movies,for his "Little Tramp" character.___

Matching -F.W.Murnau ___

The Jazz Singer was spectacular success from its first performance,thereafter prompting theaters to begin wiring for sound at considerable expense.___

Most female film directors flourished when the "talkie" era began.___

The female director whose work was so admired that Universal built a studio for her that was hers alone was

Each of the following is a thematic aspect of Charlie Chaplin's best work except

Silent films blended several arts except for

Many comedians in early Hollywood movies came from

Matching -Buster Keaton ___ h.made The Last Laugh,stylized mise en scene helped to wean audiences from

What were some of the ways that Mary Pickford's film career paralleled Hollywood's evolution as the filmmaking capital of the world?

To what extent and in what way(s)did the introduction of sound turn films into "talkies" (sound dependent)rather than movies (image/picture dependent)?

What was Hollywood's resistance at all levels - studio owners,directors,actors,etc.- to introducing sound to the movie experience?

Who of the following is considered a carefree flapper?

Why was vaudeville an excellent training ground for acting in movies?

How did Charles Chaplin create pathos (sympathy for another)in his comedies like City Lights or The Gold Rush? Illustrate.

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Griffith and His Contemporaries: 19081920

European Cinema in the 1920s

The Hollywood Studio System: 1925-1955

American Cinema in the 1930s

European Cinema in the 1930s

American Cinema in the 1940s

European Cinema in the 1940s

American Cinema in the 1950s

International Cinema in the 1950s

American Cinema in the 1960s

International Cinema in the 1960s

American Cinema in the 1970s

International Cinema in the 1970s

American Cinema in the 1980s

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American Cinema in the 1990s

International Cinema in the 1990s

American Cinema Since 2000

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