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| "Gone with the wind" took Margaret Mitchell how many years to write? |
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| David O. Selznick forms his own company, Selznick International. |
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| Margaret Mitchell recieves Pulitzer Prize for writing "Gone with the Wind." |
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| David O. Selznick signed Vivian Leigh to play Scarlett O'Hara. |
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| Film critic wrote that a film in color for over 3 hours was hard on the eyes. |
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| Who was David O. Selznicks father in law? |
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| Who produced "Gone with the Wind" ? |
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| How much was paid for the movie rights to GWTW? |
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| Who was the first Director on GWTW? |
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| Who wrote the original screenplay for GWTW? |
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| Who was hired as the production designer for GWTW? |
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| William (Bill) Cameron Menzies |
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| What studio loaned out Clark Gable in order to make GWTW? |
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| Who was brought in to replace the first GWTW director? |
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| What film was the GWTW replacement Director taken off of to direct GWTW? |
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| Who was the GWTW Director that walked off production only to return 2 weeks later? |
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| Who was in charge of Special Effects Photography on GWTW? |
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| What was unique about all of the ceiling in GWTW? |
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| What was the total cost of GWTW? |
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| What did the Will Hays Censorship Board have to do with GWTW? |
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| Take out offensive material. Tried to take out the word "Damn" |
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| How many Academy Awards did GWTW recieve? |
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| In todays dollars, how much money has GWTW grossed in ticket sales at the Box Office? |
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| "______________Gone with the Wind" |
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| Margaret Mitchells story of the old south |
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| In GWTW what was the name of the man Scarlett wanted to marry but could not have? |
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| In GWTW who was listening on the couch as Scarlett told Ashley her most intimate thoughts? |
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| In GWTW how did Scarlett's first husband die? |
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| In GWTW what did Rhett Butler pay $150 for at the auction? |
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| In GWTW what was the name of the battle that the people of Atlanta waiting for the new of to determine the outcome of the war? |
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| In GWTW what one person was most responsible for the delivery of Melanie's baby? |
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| In GWTW how did the Yankee's treat Tara when they used it as a temporary headquarters? |
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| Took all resources and burned down the barn. |
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| In GWTW at Tara, how did Scarlett kill the Union Soldier that was trying to rob her? |
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| In GWTW, besides the North, as a result of the defeat of the South came another invader, the? |
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| In GWTW, what did the Northerner's expect from African-Americans in return for their gift of 40 acres and a mule? |
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| In GWTW, what would Rhett not tolerate from Scarlett? |
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| In GWTW, the name of Scarlett's baby was? |
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| In GWTW, what caused the death of Scarlett's daughter? |
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| At the end of GWTW, Scarlett said to Rhett, "Where shall I go, what shall I do?" , and his reply was? |
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| "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." |
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| Orson Welles first performance was ____________at the age of_____? |
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| "Madame Butterfly" , three. |
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| Orson Welles made his Broadway debut and married Virginia Nicholson at age? |
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| Orson Welles formed the___________with_____________. |
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| Mercury Players, John Houseman |
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| Orson Welles performed H.G. Wells, the___________________. |
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| "War of the Worlds"(1938). |
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| Who was considered to be the best Cinemetographer (Dir. of Photography) in Hollywood? |
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| Who was part of the Visual Creative Team for Citizen Kane? |
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| Who came up with the idea to make "Citizen Kane" ? |
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| Who was the co-screen writer for "Citizen Kane" ? |
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| This term refers to a lighting technique where the use of light and dark images are arranged in pictorial composition. It comes from the Italian word the means Chair(bright) Oscuro(dark). |
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| A style of motion picture photography that has great depth of field and brings all plains of the image-foreground, middleground, and background into sharp focus. |
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| A French term meaning to dress a set. In this style of film-making the director has te actors perform the entire scene without editing. |
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| In 1939, the talk of Hollywood was a boy genius, who? |
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| What was acclaimed as the greatest talking picture ever made which scandalized the life of Hearst, plunge the film industry into crisis, ad prove the undoing of Orson Welles? |
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| Hearst was making a newspaper for the? |
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| Orson Welles turned what play into a spectacle set in Haiti? |
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| What was an element to Orson Welles' success? |
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| Who was offered the greatest contract in the history of Hollywood that was just what he wanted and the worst thing that happened to him? |
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| Orson Welles shared his most savage portryal for the woman who shared who's life? |
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| What was the driving force between the battle between Welles and Hearst? |
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| Over the honor of Hearst's woman, Marion Davies. |
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| At his peak, Hearst was said to have accounted for 25% of the worlds? |
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| Louella Parsons took 3 weeks off of reporting her column to do what? |
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| Who offered $800,000 to buy the Citizen Kane negatives for the purpose of burning them? |
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| No review or ads were published in a Hearst newspaper for? |
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| What sort of film did Robert Wise think that Orson Welles was doing but not realizing it? |
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| Orson Welles said that movie making is 2% production and 98% ? |
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| In Citizen Kane, who were the five narrators that told the story of Charles Foster Kane? |
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1. Walter Thatcher
2. Mr. Bernstein
3. Mr. Leland
4. Susan Alexander
5. Kane's Butler Raymond |
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| What was the meaning of Rosebud in Citizen Kane? |
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| In Citizen Kane, what was Charles Foster Kane's dying words? |
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| In Citizen Kane, C.F. Kane's decided to enter the business world, his company saying was? |
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| "I think it might be fun to run a newspaper." |
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| In Citizen Kane, to reach the circulation of the Chronicle, Kane bought? |
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| In Citizen Kane, CF Kane wanted Susan Alexander to become what sort of star? |
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| In Citizen Kane, what action did Susan Alexander take when she felt she was a failure? |
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| Suicide attempt by sedative overdose. |
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| In Citizen Kane, what was the actual object "Rosebud" ? |
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| Who started surrealism in art and who in film? |
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| "Un Chien Andalou" Dir. Luis Bunuel/ Salvador Dali. |
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| What was a defining Neorealism film? |
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| "The Bicycle Thief" (#1 film in sight and sound Magazine) |
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| Who directed "The Bicycle Thief" ? |
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| Who directed "the Seventh Seal" ? |
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| Who directed "Breathless" ? |
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| Starting in France in the late 1920's, this film movement was inspired by Paris painters and writers. It is best described as a dream- like state attempting to place the viewer far from reality. The images are often bizarre and aim to communicate with the subconscious. The most notable of the surrealist films was Un Chien Andalou. |
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| What film genre does American David Lynch embrace? |
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| Shortly after WWII, Italian film makers found a shortage of almost everything they needed to make prewar quality films. Forced to use non-professional actors, black and white grainy film, shooting on location and post dubbing techniques, Roberto Rosellini started the neorealism movement with his film "Open City"(1945). Open City's plot and other neorealism films often dealt with everyday social issues. |
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| What film became the most popular of the neorealism period? |
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| Starting in the late 1950's, young French writers working for the magazine Cahiers Du Cinema bored with traditional French cinema, decided to put their ideas to the test by producing a new style of films. The movement flourished until the early 1960's. |
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| Who started French New Wave film? |
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| Jean-Luc Godard based on Italian neorealism. |
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| A popular magazine in which young French film critics like Godard and Trufaut wrote about French Cinema. In English it means the Film Journal. |
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| Is a style of film making starting with French New Wave films in the 1950's. It featured the use of light-weight cameras that could be hand held, simulating documentary or spontaneous feeling. In French the term mean Camera Truth or Film Truth. |
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| What was the Jean-Luc Godard film that was made in the Cinema-Verite style? |
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| Following the example of Citizen Kane, French film makers developed the idea where a film should be like any other work of art, e.g., the director should maintain control of their vision. |
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| Who was the French Film Critic who supported the Auteur Theory? |
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| When something or someone conveys a meaning of greater importance that the actual object or person. For example, the sled (Rosebud) in Citizen Kane was a symbol for Kane's lost childhood. |
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| Who was the Director and what was the movie that he made that was in the Symbolism style of film making? |
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| The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman |
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| Who inspired the French to develop their own style of film? |
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| The French developed____________camera's. |
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| What was the highest grossing foreign film in the U.S. ? |
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| In Amelie, how does Amelie's mother die? |
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| Crushed by a woman jumping off of a building. |
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| In Amelie, Amelie left home and got a job at the Montmarte Cafe as a ? |
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| In Amelie, what does Amelie find hidden inside her wall? |
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| A tin box with childhood treasures? |
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| In Amelie, what was the object that Amelie's father puts near her mothers ashes? |
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| In Amelie, what was the object that Amelie takes from her fathers yard? |
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| In Amelie, what is the object that Amelie finds lying in the street? |
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| A red bag with a photo album that has photo booth photo's inside. |
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| In Amelie, who is it that Amelie plays dirty tricks on? |
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| In Amelie, what is so unusual about her fathers gnome? |
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| He sends photo's of himself as he travels around the world. |
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| In Amelie,, what job does the man with the red shoes have? |
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| Censorship Case, The Irwin-Rice Kiss |
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| What became the most banned film? |
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| 37 states had their own censorship rules. |
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| What crime did Fatty Arbuckle commit? |
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| Who created the Production Code Administration? |
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| What was the most censored film of the 1930's ? |
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| Who was named the Director of Production Code? |
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| What was the decision that film comes under the 1st and 14th Amendments referred to as? |
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| Bonnie and Clyde caused congress to consider censorship. |
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| Who created the Film Ratings Board? |
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| The ratings are determined by a 10 member, full time Rating Board in California. Jack Valenti was instrumental in creating it. All had parenthood experience. |
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| In the Graduate, what sport did Ben star at in college? |
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| In the Graduate, what business was Ben told that there was a great future in? |
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| In the Graduate, where did Ben have an affair with Mrs. Robinson? |
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| In the Graduate, who was Ben's father's business partners wife? |
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| In the Graduate, what does Mrs. Robinson say to provoke Ben into having sex with her? |
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| That it was his first time. |
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| In the Graduate, how long did Ben's affair with Mrs. Robinson last? |
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| In the Graduate, what was the reason Mrs. Robinson got married? |
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| In the Graduate, what promise did Ben give to Mrs. Robinson? |
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| In the Graduate, in order to keep Ben from seeing Elaine, what did Mrs. Robinson threaten to do? |
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| In the Graduate, how long did Ben and Elaine date before he decided he was going to marry her? |
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| In the Graduate, what form of transportation do Ben and Elaine use to escape the crowd after leaving the church? |
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| In the Graduate, during the last shot in the movie, Ben and Elaine's expression slowly changes from joy to? |
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| At what age did Director Mike Nichols with best Director Oscar for the Graduate? |
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| Box office peak (total admissions in one year). |
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| Congress held hearings for? |
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| The House Un-American Activities Committee. |
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| sent to prison by Congress. |
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| The U.S. vs. Paramount case caused? |
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| the studio's to no longer monopolize Theaters. |
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| What was the wide screen style of filming that was introduced in 1953 called? |
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| In 1954, what percentage of films were shot in color? |
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| What did the Picture Palaces resemble? |
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| the ornate Opera Houses and Concert halls of the 19th Century. |
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| Who did the Studio Executives blame for the violent Hollywood strikes? |
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| For how many years did Congress investigate communist subversion, thus reshaping Hollywood movies? |
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| What 3 forces collided in the Hollywood strike of 1945-46? |
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| The C.S.U. , the I.A. and the movie Producers. |
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| Who was the highest paid movie executive in the nation in 1945 earning $20,000 a week? |
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| How much did Walt Disney pay the girl cartoonist's a week? |
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| In 1945, how did Disney react when workers received union recognition? |
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| Who became a driving force in getting actors to oppose the strike? |
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| How much money did the 19 month strike cost workers in lost wages? |
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| In England it was an insult but what did Alfred Hitchcock regard film as? |
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| What Alfred Hitchcock movie did Bioscope call the finest British Production ever made? |
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| What was Alfred Hitchcock most influenced by? |
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| Alfred Hitchcock never won what? |
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| What was Alfred Hitchcock's ideal woman? |
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| Blond, subtle and Nordic. |
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| What did Alfred Hitchcock exploit better than any other Director before or since? |
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| What was Alfred Hitchcock known as? |
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| What did Alfred Hitchcock pioneer? |
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| Camera and editing techniques. |
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| What was the sound era's most important film, #1 film on the AFI's top 10 and nominated for 9 Oscars? |
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| What did Citizen Kane win an Oscar for? |
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| Best Screenplay (Mankowitz). |
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| In the 1920's films were? |
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| Risque with drinking and drugs. |
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| Which organizations in the 20's opposed the film industry? |
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| Church Groups (Clergy), Government (Law enforcement), Womens Groups. |
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| What was the 1st example of Neorealism? |
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| Open City, Roberto Rosellini |
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| What threatened the movie business because of decline in audiences? |
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1. Film Strikes
2. HUAC investigations
3. 1948 US Gov vs. Paramount
4. Influx of Foreign Films.
5. Audiences moving into the suburbs.
6. TV becomes popular. 50 M sets 10yrs after debut. |
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| How did Hollywood fight back to regain audiences? |
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1. No movie stars allowed on TV.
2. Would not show movies on TV.
3. Changed aspect ratio to Cinemascope.
4. More color films because TV was B&W.
5. Large budget productions that TV couldnt afford. |
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| What was Alfred Hitchcocks secret obsession? |
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| What Hitchcock film brought him acclaim in England and was their 1st sound film? |
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| Who invited Hitchcock to the USA? |
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| Which film did Hitchcock and Selznick win a Best Picture Oscar for? |
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