Movie test to see who knows the most. good luck.?

1.) The Golden Age of Hollywood began with:

the advent of sound.

the development of color film.

when in a landmark legal decision the Supreme Court of the United States found several major studios guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

the production of the movie Bambi.

2.) The first film that used sound was:

The Wedding Singer

Casablanca

The Jazz Singer

Bambi

3.) The onset of US involvement in WWII brought a proliferation of what kind of movie?

Film noir

Patriotism and propaganda films

Musicals

Political satire films

4.) Which of the following was NOT a factor in the decline of the studio system:

The Supreme Court of the United States found several major studios guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Many actors, writers, and directors were blacklisted due to the hearings before House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Television became a fixture in American households.

The invention of 3-D movies.

5.) Which of the following is an example of an epic film made to take advantage of the new big screen format?

Casablanca

The Ten Commandments

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Doctor No

6.) Post-classical cinema involved changes in the methods of storytelling. Which of the following is NOT an example of these new methods?

Scrambled chronology

Twist endings

Animation

Blurring of the lines between protagonist and antagonist

7.) Post-classical cinema refers to:

Films at the peak of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Films such as Spartacus that are set in Classical Greece or Rome.

The period following the decline of the studio system in the 50s and 60s and the end of the production code.

The first group of films to be released with sound.

8.) In the 1960s in America, old fashioned films aimed at big family audiences produced Hollywood’s greatest successes. Which of the following is NOT one of these films?

Rebel without a Cause

Marry Poppins

My Fair Lady

The Sound of Music

9.) Foreign film gained a greater presence in the 1960s. Which of the following countries was not cited in your lesson for producing influential films during this time period?

France

Spain

Sweden

Italy

10.) What made the film Cleopatra (1963) a disaster for 20th Century Fox?

It went extremely over budget.

They were unable to cast any well known movie stars.

An earthquake destroyed all of the elaborate sets.

All of the film was accidentally over-exposed in development.



Answer on Movie test to see who knows the most. good luck.?



Fun quiz.



I'll take a stab:



01. the development of color film.

02. The Jazz Singer (The Wedding Singer...very clever)

03. oooh I'm torn between Political satire films and Film Noir

04. The invention of 3-D movies.

05. The Ten Commandments

06. Animation

07. The period following the decline of the studio system in the 50s and 60s and the end of the production code.

08. Rebel without a Cause (just saw that this year!)

09. France

10. All of the film was accidentally over-exposed in development.

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