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65 Cards in this Set
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what did Roget discover about the retina of the human eye?
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our retinas contain everything we have seen for a fraction of a second after we've seen it, so a series of pictures can create a film.
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what French invention improved upon Edison's kinetograph by making it more portable?
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The cinematograph made by the Lumiere brothers
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Who discovered the idea of "after images" on our retinas which led to the advent of moving pictures (such as the zoetrope)?
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Peter Mark Roget
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Name at least 2 innovative techniques Edwin Porter used in the first great train robbery.
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Camera movement on location shooting and multiple storylines
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what caused the invention that led to the creation of movies?
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Industrial revolution
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WHat movies are Lillian Gish known for?
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Intolerance, Birth of a Nation, Way Down East, The Wind
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What DW Griffith film caused controversy and caused him to retaliate by writing an angry pamphlet titled "Rise and Fall of Freedom of Speech"?
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Birth of a Nation
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How did Charlie Chaplain come up with his character?
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On his way to the set, he put on baggy pants and a tiny jacket and his character was born
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What film is DW Griffith most known for bc of its huge leaps in feature length films?
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The Birth of a Nation
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Who was the first director in silent film to mix shots and change them to tell the movement and emotions of the film?
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D.W. Griffith
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Which film company was created in 1919 by Fairbanks, Griffith, Pickford, and Chaplain?
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United States
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Who developed the language of film?
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D.W. Griffith
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T/F: the early sound films had lots of musical sequences
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true
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What is commonly remembered as the first motion picture with sound?
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The Jazz Singer
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T/F before sound was added to films, silent movies usually had live music accompany them
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true
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After the advent of sound ushered in with the success of "The Jazz Singer" why did so many movie stars fall out of fame?
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Many silent film stars had trouble adjusting wheareas in silent films they only had to express in motions. Sound forced these actors to speak into microphones and memorize lines, something they were not used to.
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Which genre was not important in the PBO's
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Silent films
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In the 1930s with films such as "The Phantom of the Opera" and 'The Wizard of OZ" bright colored scenes in the films represented..?
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fantasies and spectacles
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With Mae West starring in many films and plays that were deemed indecent, the ____ was created and movies had to have a seal of approval to show.
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The Hollywood Production Code
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What movies featured lots of nameless women, generic plots, and dazzling choreography?
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Busby Berkeley Musicals
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Knows as the man with a thousand faces, ___ was a master of makeup.
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Lon Chaney
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Boris Karloff, best remembered for his portrayl of Frankenstein's monster, narrated what Christmas film?
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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to avoid censorship from the Hay's Production Code, gangster films in the 30s began to do what?
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they would claim that they were trying to depict social truths, gangsters no longer were main characters, and tough, fast-talking gangsters became tough, fast-talking cops or reporters
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What film genre shows close links with the theatrical genre "farce" and often involves a plot revolving around courtship or marriage?
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screwball comedy
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which film represents a form of German Expression?
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Nosferatu
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The 1930s were a prolific era for the rise of Horror films in Hollywood; name one of the influences on these Hollywood Horror films
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German expressionists
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What did movies encourage American women to do while their men were away at war?
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Keep the home fires burning
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what happens to hollywood after US went to WWII?
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Hollywood helped with the boast of morality. The movies were more realistic and they emphasized patriotism, group effort and heroism.
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In 1941 who condemened Hollywood for being too political about war?
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Gerald Nye
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After what event did American films begin to advocate joining WWII?
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Pearl Harbor
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What are two reasons why movies experienced a boom during WWII?
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Gas shortages and news with pictures
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What typically happened during wartime Hollywood?
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Movies were actually used to change the perspective of society about the war
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Who were among the Hollywood actors that were involved in bond drives and recruitment?
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Bob Hope and Betty Grable
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Before the war, why were movie makers being forced to stay away rom making war films?
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Bc the American gov was afraid that the movies would influence Americans to want to join the fight in Europe.
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T/F: even before Pearl Harbor marked Americans entrance in WWII, Hollywood movies strongly encouraged us to join the war
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False
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what audience was film noir mainly geared towards?
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the male population
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name two hallmarks of film noir
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Maltese Falcon and Double Identity
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Film noir is well known for its pessimistic view on life. What kinds of lighting effects are used to portray this?
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dark lighting, shadows, and shadows representing jail bars
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what happens to the "femme fatale" at the end of film noir movies?
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she is punished or dies at the end, but still leaves the impression that she is strong and poweful
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T/F in film noir you can trust anyone
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FALSE
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What was one of the methods to get people from the 1950s to go watch theater films?
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bright vivid colors, bigger and better color films, adding odors and aromas during films, and the end of the production code
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what did movies begin to drop in the 1950s?
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suburbans began to rise in America and more people owned televisions.
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what does HUAC stand for?
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House of Un-American Activities Committee
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How many victims of the HUAC's blacklist search for communist were able to continue filmmaking?
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1 out of 10
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what company made scents in movies?
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smell vision
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who are John Wayne and John Ford?
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a director and actor pair that work together on westerns
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what was the purpose of drive-in movie theaters?
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people were moving away from the cities, thus away from movie theaters. People didn't want to drive 1-2 hours to the city so companies brought the theater to them to the suburbs in the form of an outdoor theater.
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How did cinemascope beat out the first round of 3D pictures?
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they drew in audiences with movies filled with glamour, beautiful city-scapes and glamorous scenes in Techinicolor without special glasses. This was done to increase popularity in films.
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when did the HUAC begin?
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1947
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great talent was lost in the 50s bc the HUAC believed that the actors and movie maker were..?
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tainting films with communist ideas
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what is the most popular type of color film first used?
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Technicolor
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T/F freedom of speech caused production code restrictions to be lifted?
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TRUE
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What was "Percepto" and who created it?
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Percepto was a vibrating buzzer, it was created by William Castle and used in "The Tingler"
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at what was Alfred Hitchcock considered to be a master?
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suspense
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who was the most influential director between 1930-1945?
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Orson Welles
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Which director brought romantic screwball comedies to prominence?
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Frank Capra
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He came from Italy in the 1930s and was known for his corny sentimental films like Mr. Smith goes to Washington and It Happened One Night
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Frank Capra
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which director was responsible for massive national panic due to his radio production of War of the Worlds?
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Orson Welles
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What funny gimmick did Alfred Hitchcock use in his films?
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he would make small appearences in his films. His appearances were like trying to find waldo.
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Name two of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
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Rebecca and The Birds
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what film genre did John Houston first direct and what was its title?
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Film Noir; The Maltese Falcon
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What type of films did Vincent Minelli direct?
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musicals
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What happened to directors who didn't comply with naming names to HUAC?
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They were not allowed to make films.
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Frank Capra was known for what type of film genre/style?
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Light-hearted, American dream
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which director later won a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars after giving names of other Hollywood stars likely ruining their careers?
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Elia Kazan
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