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By 1937, which studio had higher profits than all of the other top five studios combined? |
MGM |
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Why is the 1935 movie BECKY SHARP important? |
It was the first movie shot with the modern Technicolor process. |
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Will Rogers was the top box office star for three years before his death in 1935. |
True |
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Who was the most innovative choreographer of the 1930's? |
Busby Berkley |
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Which directors style consisted of deep focus photography, lengthy takes and only a few close ups? |
William Wyler |
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Films like STAGECOACH and THE SEARCHERS were classic films made by what team of Actor/director? |
John Wayne/John Ford |
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The first director to really conceive musicals in film terms was Ernst Lubitch. |
True. |
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Who was a former Vaudville juggler, whose best films assaulted minorities, children, bankers, lawyers and short people? |
WC Fields |
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Nearly all of John Ford movies were shot in Monument Valley Utah. |
True |
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Considered a cult classic today, why was the movie FREAKS a box office failure in 1932? |
It used real freaks. |
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NOTHING SACRED, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, and TWENTIETH CENTURY could all be classified as what? |
Screwball comedies |
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Frank Capra was known primarily for his hard hitting gangster films set in the streets of New York. |
False |
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Which studio was best known for producing classic horror films like DRACULA, FRENKENSTEIN, and THE WOLFMAN? |
Universal
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Of the major studios, Fox, Paramount, RKO AND Universal all closed their doors in 1933. |
False |
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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS was the 1st full length animated feature. |
true |
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Ward Bond, Thomas Mitchell, HB Warner appeared in several Frank Capra films. They would be classified as what? |
Character Actors |
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Who was a short, chubby and not exactly beautiful actress that would become the model for the Muppets Miss Piggy? |
Mae West |
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Which film was the first sound film to win the Academy Award for best picture? |
BROADWAY MELODY |
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Shirley Temple headed the cast in the wonderful movie, THE WIZARD OF OZ. |
FALSE |
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One of the tragedies of life is that the men who are most in need of butting are always enormous, says actor Rudy Valiee in a movie directed by which director? |
Preston Sturges |
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THE SNAKE PIT was the first film to seriously examine what? |
Mental Illness |
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Who or what were the Hollywood Ten? |
Writers found guilty of contempt of congress during HUAC hearings. |
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CITIZEN KANE, called by many critics as the most important film ever made was initially what? |
A critical hit with poor box office reviews. |
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What aspects did THE BEST YEAS OF OUR LIVES deal with ? |
Returning WW II veterans |
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KEY LARGO, TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE and MALTESE FALCON were all made by what team? |
Bogart and Huston |
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In 1946, how may people went to the movies every week? |
90 million |
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In 1947, HUAC began hearings in Hollywood to investigate who in the industry? |
Communist party members |
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What technical innovation was first introduced by Walt Disneys FANTASIA in 1940? |
First use of stereo.
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Huston's, MALTESE FALCON and Siodmaks THE KILLERS are both examples of what style of film making? |
Film Noir |
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At the height of WWII, how many movie people were serving in the military? |
36,500 |
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Which director made the famous propaganda series WHY WE FIGHT? |
Frank Capra |
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Between 1940 and 1947, it was almost impossible to make a movie that did or didn't do what? |
lost money |
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Which was the result of the Supreme Court finding that movie studios were guilty of monopolistic practices? |
They had to sell their movie theater chains. |
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what percentage of movies made before 1950 were destroyed because of nitrate content of film deteriorating? |
50% |
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What was a major technological problem with making widescreen movies? |
They made close-ups and deep focus shots nearly impossible. |
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If the mid-1940's were called The Golden of Age Moves, what were the 1950's called? |
The Golden of Age Television |
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By the end of the 1950's, which country was the leading film producer in the world? |
Japan |
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Which movie director was the first to successfully branch out into his own television series? |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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Which studio was able to enjoy a brief period of box office success with their musicals during the the early 1950's? |
MGM |
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The Academy Awards were not televised until the early 1960's. |
false |
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The Committee for the First Amendment identified Communists in the movie industry by name gave the information to HUAC |
false |
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What was the significance of the films THE MOON IS BLUE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM? |
They were both released without the Seal of Approval |
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The first feature film based on a television series was DRAGNET. |
True |
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BEN HUR was a remake of a 1926 epic and it saved MGM from financial ruin in 1959. |
True |
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What was the reaction of Hollywood in the late 1950's to televisions attempt to buy their movies? |
all studios agreed to sell all pre-1948 films only. |
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How can HIGH NOON be classified in the adult western genre? |
a revisionist western |
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In 1952, the Supreme Court reversed their 1915 ruling and said that movies were protected by the 1st Amendment. |
True |
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Which of the following was an example of television script that was turned into an Academy Award winning best picture? |
MARTY |
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The first full length 3-D feature was BAWANA DEVIL |
True |
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By 1959, John Wayne had replaced Rock Hudson as the top box office star. |
True |
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why did all weekly US newsreel companies give up their theatrical service in 1957? |
They couldn't compare with tv evening news |
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3-D movies required two projectors and cardboard glasses. What movie technology required the use of three projectors? |
Cinerama |
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Actors Studio was physically located in Hollywood |
False |
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Grace Kelly was denounced from the floor of Congress as an ambassador of free |
False |
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Films that dealt with social realism were usually calls for reform or revolution from a leftist perspective. |
True |
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What was the only movie to ever win the Oscar for best picture with an X rating? |
MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
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Before he became a film director, what job did John Cassavetes hold? |
TV and film actor |
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The majority of films shot by the major studios during the 60's could be characterized as what? |
small in number but big budgeted and lavishly produced |
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In 1968, what city had more films shot in it than Hollywood and was named the new film capital? |
New York |
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Who was the top box office couple in the 1960's? |
Rock Hudson and Doris Day |
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What was the Supreme Courts opinion toward local censorship? |
They upheld it based on local standards |
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What did directors Sidney Lumet, John Frankenstein and Sam Peckinpah all have in common? |
They learned their craft working with television |
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Despite the rise of Independence films and younger audiences, who won the Oscar for best actor in 1969? |
John Wayne |
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With which of the following did James Bond began perhaps the most popular long running series in the history of movies? |
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold |
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Which director called the most important American Filmmaker of the 1960's, ironically shot all of his films since 1961 in Great Britain? |
Stanley Kubrick |
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How did most US critics rate BONNIE AND CLYDE? |
They gave it rave reviews |
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What happened to Universal, Paramount, United Artists and Warner Brothers during the 1960s? |
They were absorbed by other companies and sold |
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What was the lasting effects of WHOSE AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? |
It put an end to censorship based on language |
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Some of the biggest hits of the 1960's, such as LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, TOM JONES and DR ZHIVAGO were all what? |
English films financed in part with US capital |
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An optical effect in which the image of a scene is gradually replaced by a uniform dark area or vice versa. Often used to indicate a change in time and place. |
Fades |
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The superimposition of two literally unrelated images on film. The repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost-like images. |
Double Exposure |
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An italian film movement that produced it's best works between 1945 and 1955. The movement emphasized documentary aspects of film art, stressing loose episodic plots, natural lighting. |
Neorealism |
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A film genre characterized by bold and sweeping themes, usually in heroic proportions. |
Epic |
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A shot composed of a single frame that is reprinted a number of times on the filmstrip, which when projected, gives the illusion of a still photograph. |
Freezes |
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A loose term encompassing films that point out flaws in the social structure. This includes Warner Brothers films of the 1930's , the British "Kitchen Sink" school of the late 1950's. |
Social Realism |
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A French term meaning, "Black Cinema"- referring to a kind of urban American genre that sprang up after WWII. |
Film Noir |
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Also known as dailies, it is the selected footage of the previous day's shooting, which is usually evaluated by the director and cinematographer before the start of the next day's shooting. |
rushes |
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What films did Walt Disney make? |
1) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 2) THE LION KING |
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What movies did Preston Sturges direct? |
1) THE LADY EVE 2) SULLIVANS TRAVELS 3) THE PALM BEACH STORY |
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What movies did Billy Wilder make? |
1) SOME LIKE IT HOT 2) SUNSET BOULEVARD 3) THE APARTMENT |
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What movies did John Huston direct? |
1) THE MALTESE FALCON 2) THE ASPHALT JUNGLE |
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the movies of Orson Welles |
1) CITIZEN KANE |
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Which director was not referred to as a "Whiz Kid"? |
Mel Brooks |
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THE TOWERING INFERNO and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE were two examples of successful disaster epics |
True |
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By the mid-1970's, films concerning women's issues were what? |
Beginning to be more common and receiving Best Picture nominations |
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Dolby Stereo was first used in movie theaters in 1977 with STAR WARS. |
true |
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AMERICAN GRIFFITTI was credited for starting a nostalgia craze in movies and tv. |
true
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The films of Milos Forman can be characterized as usually being true to their original source material (books, plays, etc.) |
True |
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ROCKY is an example of a movie where hard work and sincerity pay off. |
true |
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Which actor turned director and won an Oscar with his first film and then went on to form an institute for independent film makers? |
Robert Redford |
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Which of the following is NOT an important aspect of Woody Allen's persona and film making? |
Being gay. |
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SOUNDER was a Blaxpoitation |
False |
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What was the Steven Spielber's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and it's sequels designed to pay homage to? |
Weekly movie serials
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Probably the peak of Woody Allen's career was in 1977 with the movie MANHATTAN |
False. |
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The bi0centennial year produced many films that dealt with the State of the Union and politics. Which of these films DID NOT? |
AMERICAN GRAFFITTI |
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What usually happened if an outsider investor financed a movie and it failed? |
the investor received a tax write-off |
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What was the relationship of NYU, USC and UCLA to the film industry? |
They were considered the top three film schools in the U.S. |
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LAST TANGO IN PARIS and DEEP THROAT both showed that there was still a market for what? |
Porno |
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The third installment in the GODFATHER sage is considered by critics to be the best. |
False |
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Which actor is the most closely associated with Martin Scorsese films? |
Robert De Niro |
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George C. Scott received the Oscar for best actor in PATTON but refused it. |
true |
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What director gave Francis Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich and Martin Scorsese their first break into the film industry? |
Roger Corman |
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What did THE DIRTY DOZEN, FAT CITY, DIRTY HARRY, THE LONGEST YARD all have in common |
they all had almost no female characters
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The movie CHINATOWN was criticized for being too upbeat, positive, and heroic. |
false |
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What did directors Ridley Scott, John Boorman, and John Schlesinger all have in common? |
they were all British directors who moved to the U.S.
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Hero roles of most movies in the early 1970's could be described as what? |
drifters |
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN would be classified as an example of which genre cycle? |
parody
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From the French word, "work". The complete works of an artist, viewed as a whole. |
Oeuvre |
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A variation on a specific spot. The final shot is often selected from a number of takes. |
Take |
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The position of the camera and then lights for a specific shot. |
Setup |
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A filmmaker who finances projects independently to allow maximum creative freedom. |
Producer/Director |
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An original model or type after which similar things are patterned. |
Archetype scene |
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Blacklist |
during the anti-communist hysteria of the late 1940's and 1950's, many writers and actors were banned from work due to their political beliefs. |
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The narrative appeal of a movie, which can reside in the popularity of an adapted story, the craftsmanship of a script. |
Story Value |
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a loose term encompassing films that point out flaws in social structure. |
Social Realism |
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the ratio between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame. |
Aspect ratio |
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interior style of acting derived from the theories of Constantin Stanislavsky, emphasizing emotional intensity, psychological truth. Dominant American style since the 1950's. |
Method |
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a term used in drama and film to signify the dramatic implications beneath the language of a play or movie. |
Subtext |
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Also called Cinemascope, a movie image that has an aspect ratio of approximately 5x3. |
Wide Screen |
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A films initial release pattern, in which most of it's profits are earned. |
First Run |
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The latter phrase of a genre's evolution in which many of it's values and conventions are challenged or subjected to skeptical scrutiny. |
Revisionist |
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Who developed Method Acting? |
Constantin Stanislavsky |
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The box office appeal of the physical mounting of a film, such as sets, costumes, and special effects. |
Production Values |
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An abrupt transition between shots, sometimes deliberate. |
Jump cut |
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Also called prolepsis, is a scene that temporarily takes a narrative forward in time form the current point of the story in literature, or other media. |
Flash Forward |
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any unobtrusive technique, object, or thematic idea that is systematically repeated throughout a film. |
Motif |
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Also called process shot, it's a technique in which a background scene is projected onto a translucent screen behind the actors so that it appears that the actors are on location in the final image. |
Rear Projection |
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a group of young French filmmakers who came to prominence during the late 1950's. |
New Wave |
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One of movie directors Frank Capra's films in the 1930's. |
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. |
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Director William Wyler films: |
DODSWORTH |
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Director Howard Hawks films: |
THE DAWN PATROL |
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Director John Ford films; |
THE IRON HORSE |
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Director John Huston films; |
THE MALTESE FALCON |
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Director Walt Disney films: |
SONG OF THE SOUTH SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS |
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Director Preston Sturges film: |
SULLIVANS TRAVELS |
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Director Billy Wilder film: |
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR THE APARTMENT |
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Director Orson Welles film: |
CITIZEN KANE |
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Director Ida Lupino film: |
THE HITCHHIKER |
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Director Fred Zinnemann film: |
HIGH NOON |
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Director Elia Kazan film: |
ON THE WATERFRONT
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Director Alfred Hitchcock film: |
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN |
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Director Sidney Lumet film: |
TWELVE ANGRY MEN THE FUGITIVE KIND |
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Director John Frankenheimer film: |
THE YOUNG SAVAGES |
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Director Mike Nichols film: |
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF THE GRADUATE |
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Director Arthur Penn film: |
BONNIE AND CLYDE |
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Director Sam Peckinpah film: |
THE WILD BUNCH |
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Director Martin Ritt film: |
THE MOLLY MAGUIRES |
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Director Sydney Pollack film: |
THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? |
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Director Stanley Kubrick film: |
LOLITA |
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Director George roy Hill film: |
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID |
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Director Joseph Mankiewicz film: |
CLEOPATRA |
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Director Dennis Hopper film: |
EASY RIDER |
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Director John Schlesinger film: |
MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
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Director Michael Wadleigh: |
WOODSTOCK |
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Director Martin Ritt film: |
SOUNDER |
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Director Mel Brooks film: |
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN |
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Director Don Siegel film: |
DIRTY HARRY |
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Director William Friedkin: |
THE FRENCH CONNECTION |
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Director Milos Forman film: |
ONE FREW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST |
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Director Robert Altman film: |
M.A.S.H. NASHVILLE |
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Director Francis Ford Coppola |
GODFATHER |
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Director Martin Scorsese |
MEAN STREETS |
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Director Woody Allen: |
ANNIE HALL MANHATTAN |
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Director Steven Spielberg |
Jaws |
