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Which of the following was one of the Big Five Hollywood studios during the period 1930-1945? |
| | A) | Universal |
| | B) | Columbia |
| | C) | Republic |
| | D) | M-G-M |
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What did the Big Five have that the Little Three lacked? |
| | A) | stars under contract |
| | B) | production of both A and B pictures |
| | C) | movie theaters |
| | D) | distribution systems |
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What was the biggest studio in Hollywood during the period 1930-1945? |
| | A) | M-G-M |
| | B) | Universal |
| | C) | Warner Bros. |
| | D) | Paramount |
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Which of the following was not a widespread new development in film exhibition after the onset of the Depression? |
| | A) | larger theaters |
| | B) | double features |
| | C) | theater concession stands |
| | D) | promotional giveaways |
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What was the purpose of the MPPDA's Production Code? |
| | A) | to ensure that objectionable performers, such as Mae West, would not be permitted to appear in films |
| | B) | to advise Catholic viewers about which films would best suit their tastes |
| | C) | to protect the Hollywood studios from censorship by creating standards of appropriate film content |
| | D) | to impose fines on studios that made films with excessive sexual or violent content |
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Which of the following was not a technological innovation in 1930s Hollywood? |
| | A) | multi-track sound recording |
| | B) | larger, wider screens |
| | C) | stronger, more mobile camera supports for moving camera shots |
| | D) | traveling matte shots created with an optical printer |
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What technique of cinematography did Orson Welles innovate in Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons? |
| | A) | three-color Technicolor |
| | B) | rear-projection |
| | C) | deep focus |
| | D) | a "soft style" look created with filters and glass masks in front of the lens |
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Who directed the classic western Stagecoach, shot against the trademark western landscape of Monument Valley? |
| | A) | John Ford |
| | B) | Howard Hawks |
| | C) | Raoul Walsh |
| | D) | William Wyler |
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Which of the following best characterizes the screwball comedy genre? |
| | A) | social satires concentrating on Depression-era politics and social issues |
| | B) | films set backstage among performers putting on a show |
| | C) | wild slapstick films built around physical comedy, gags, and pratfalls |
| | D) | films about eccentric romantic couples |
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What sort of social problems were typically treated in 1930s Hollywood social problem films? |
| | A) | alcohol and drug abuse |
| | B) | racial inequality |
| | C) | poverty, unemployment and homelessness |
| | D) | venereal disease |
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Which of the following is not a typical characteristic of film noir? |
| | A) | adaptation from hard-boiled American detective fiction |
| | B) | low-key lighting with hard cast shadows |
| | C) | a sexually alluring but treacherous female character |
| | D) | appeal to a mainly female audience |
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What was the first American feature-length animated film? |
| | A) | Steamboat Willie |
| | B) | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| | C) | Bambi |
| | D) | Gulliver's Travels |
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What differentiated Warner Bros.'s cartoons from those of other producers? |
| | A) | they were made on higher budgets by larger staffs of artists |
| | B) | they used realistic rotoscoped movements and multiplane cameras |
| | C) | they used more realistic, finely detailed backgrounds |
| | D) | they depended on speed, topicality, and silly humor rather than sentimentality and cuteness |
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