The Golden Age of Hollywood

Question 1

During the Great Depression the film industry continued to thrive more films were released by the major studios in the ______- than any others decade averaging about ______ films per years compared to less than the _____ per year today

Answer 1

1920s- 1930s
800
500

Question 2

It was cheaper to go the movies than a ___ or a _____, and cinema became a means of ____

Answer 2

Play
Concert
Escape

Question 3

At the height of Hollywoods Golden Age five films studios ruled the town:

1. ______ MGM which was the biggest studio of the 1930s
2. _____ known as the most European Studio
3. _____ Branded itself as the studio of the working class
4. ____ whose reputation came from director _____
5. ______- home of the extremely popular ____ and ____ musicals

Answer 3

1. Metro Goldwyn Mayer
2. Paramount Pictures
3. Warner Brothers
4. 20th Century Fox| John Ford
5. RKO| Fred Astaire| GInger Rodger

Question 4

One of the most influential films of all time was ___

Answer 4

Citizen Kane

Question 5

The golden age of hollywood some major technical leaps in the film industry most notably ____

Answer 5

Color

Question 6

By the mid 1920s 90 % of Hollywood films were either ____, ___ or some combination of the two

Answer 6

Tinted| Toned

Question 7

In 1922 the _____ saw its first success with special _____ that could make two separate negatives

Answer 7

1. Technicolor Corporation
2. Beam Spitting Camera

Question 8

______ is the ratio of the movie screens width to its height.

Answer 8

Aspect Ratio