Question 1

Matching
-Alfred Hitchcock ___

Accepted Answer

A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction 
A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction

Question 2

Matching
-Dalton Trumbo ___

Accepted Answer

A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction 
A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction

Question 3

Gene Kelly was

Accepted Answer

A) the outstanding actor of his day 
B) the outstanding musical performer of his day 
C) the outstanding romantic director of his day 
D) none of the above 
A) the outstanding actor of his day 
B) the outstanding musical performer of his day 
C) the outstanding romantic director of his day 
D) none of the above

Question 4

Stanislavsky believed

Accepted Answer

A) you must live the part every moment you are playing it. 
B) the tradition of acting by emphasizing externals helped actors to get to internals. 
C) in discovering feelings that are analogues to those of a character. 
D) individual virtuosity and the star system ought to condemned and did so. 
A) you must live the part every moment you are playing it. 
B) the tradition of acting by emphasizing externals helped actors to get to internals. 
C) in discovering feelings that are analogues to those of a character. 
D) individual virtuosity and the star system ought to condemned and did so.

Question 5

Why did many genres like the mystery and the western experience "revisionism" at the hands of directors like Fred Zinneman,and what was the effect of such revisionism?

Accepted Answer

Many genres like the mystery and the wes

Question 6

All of the following is true of Norma Jean Baker except

Accepted Answer

A) was married at 16 
B) was trained at the Actors Studio 
C) was not considered a serious actor 
D) was Marilyn Monroe 
A) was married at 16 
B) was trained at the Actors Studio 
C) was not considered a serious actor 
D) was Marilyn Monroe

Question 7

Matching
-Singin' in the Rain ___

Accepted Answer

A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction 
A) starred that muscular dancer,Gene Kelly 
B) early 3D movie 
C) filmmakers assume reformist perspective on story 
D) revisionist western 
E) made the Production Code blue
F)made for television movie won Oscars
G)director who relied heavily on storyboarding
H)Marilyn Monroe stars,Billy Wilder directs
I)writer blacklisted as a result of refusing HUAC
J)musical spoof on "hard boiled" fiction

Question 8

What were some of the short comings of Cinerama?

Accepted Answer

Cinerama was a widescreen film format th

Question 9

Elia Kazan,and not Fred Zinneman,introduced the most famous method actors like Julie Harris and Marlon Brando.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Production Code's censorship standards slowly gave way to new ideas and language before the onslaught of such directors as Otto Preminger.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Alfred Hitchcock was so pure an artist that he did not believe that a filmmaker needed to be realistic about his public to keep making movies.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

To combat TV's growing influence,the movie studios did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) used color film 
B) used European actors 
C) used stereo sound 
D) used a wider screen 
A) used color film 
B) used European actors 
C) used stereo sound 
D) used a wider screen

Question 13

Method acting is especially good when

Accepted Answer

A) creating a surface impression of character. 
B) delivering spoken language really effectively. 
C) showing the emotional intensity of non-verbal working class characters. 
D) avoiding what may be in the actor's subconscious. 
A) creating a surface impression of character. 
B) delivering spoken language really effectively. 
C) showing the emotional intensity of non-verbal working class characters. 
D) avoiding what may be in the actor's subconscious.

Question 14

Since the 1950s,stylized acting which emphasizes externals has been the dominant form of acting in American films.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Subtext,especially important to method acting,involves what's beneath the language of the script: not what people say,but what they really want.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Subtext is

Accepted Answer

A) a minor story. 
B) the meaning interpreted from words. 
C) a calendar of intentions and feelings. 
D) the true story. 
A) a minor story. 
B) the meaning interpreted from words. 
C) a calendar of intentions and feelings. 
D) the true story.

Question 17

Cinemascope made which of the following cinema techniques difficult if not impossible?

Accepted Answer

A) close ups 
B) deep focus 
C) wide depth of field 
D) all of the above 
A) close ups 
B) deep focus 
C) wide depth of field 
D) all of the above

Question 18

As musicals like Gigi show,even musicals darkened and matured in the 50s.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Each of the following is from MGM's golden age of musicals except?

Accepted Answer

A) On the Town 
B) Bells Are Ringing 
C) Pennies from Heaven 
D) The Band Wagon 
A) On the Town 
B) Bells Are Ringing 
C) Pennies from Heaven 
D) The Band Wagon

Question 20

Fred Zinneman is noted for which of the following revisionist westerns

Accepted Answer

A) High Noon 
B) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 
C) The Searchers 
D) High Plains Drifter 
A) High Noon 
B) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 
C) The Searchers 
D) High Plains Drifter

Exam 10: American Cinema in the 1950s

Matching -Alfred Hitchcock ___

Matching -Dalton Trumbo ___

Gene Kelly was

Stanislavsky believed

Why did many genres like the mystery and the western experience "revisionism" at the hands of directors like Fred Zinneman,and what was the effect of such revisionism?

All of the following is true of Norma Jean Baker except

Matching -Singin' in the Rain ___

What were some of the short comings of Cinerama?

Elia Kazan,and not Fred Zinneman,introduced the most famous method actors like Julie Harris and Marlon Brando.___

The Production Code's censorship standards slowly gave way to new ideas and language before the onslaught of such directors as Otto Preminger.___

Alfred Hitchcock was so pure an artist that he did not believe that a filmmaker needed to be realistic about his public to keep making movies.___

To combat TV's growing influence,the movie studios did all of the following except

Method acting is especially good when

Since the 1950s,stylized acting which emphasizes externals has been the dominant form of acting in American films.___

Subtext,especially important to method acting,involves what's beneath the language of the script: not what people say,but what they really want.___

Subtext is

Cinemascope made which of the following cinema techniques difficult if not impossible?

As musicals like Gigi show,even musicals darkened and matured in the 50s.___

Each of the following is from MGM's golden age of musicals except?

Fred Zinneman is noted for which of the following revisionist westerns

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