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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was one of the biggest threats to the film industry in the 1930s?
2. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?
3. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?
4. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?
5. During the Golden Age, what part of the film was frequently lost in favor of the star performer's special skills?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who were some of the popular stars from the 1920s and of what did their acts consist?
2. How did the House of Un-American Activities Committee bring Hollywood's booming economy and artistic success to a screeching halt in the late forties?
3. What were some of the themes explored in both French and Spanish films?
4. How did the governor of California's commission for horse photography develop into Meissonier's project in creating the illusion of moving pictures?
5. How did the differing situations in both Europe and America in the thirties ultimately influence the film industry?
6. How did the film industry begin to suffer after the advent of talkies?
7. Who were some of the great entertainers that emerged from the talkies in the early years of the film industry that helped revitalize the audience's flagging interest and why?
8. Describe the film industry in the USSR after the first World War.
9. How did the Production Code come into existence and what were some of the effects it had on films?
10. Discuss the innovative techniques developed by Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Renoir.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did the French New Wave movement affect cinema in different countries and in different eras?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the effects of television on the film industry.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the evolution of acting, from the silent film star to the Method actor and even to the modern megastar.
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