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Silent Films
YGK These Silent Films
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Film of an 1897 match between boxers that is considered the first feature-length film ever created | The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight |
| The camera used to film the first feature-length film, which used the innovation of the Latham loop | Veriscope |
| Pioneering French filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in A Trip to the Moon | Georges Méliès |
| The name of the strange race of lunar creatures encountered in A Trip to the Moon | Selenites |
| Western film distributed by Thomas Edison’s manufacturing company that was a massive commercial success | The Great Train Robbery |
| The actor who played the outlaw leader and famously fired his pistol directly into the camera in The Great Train Robbery | Justus Barnes |
| D. W. Griffith film that is lauded as a landmark work in filmmaking and reviled for its racism | The Birth of a Nation |
| The organization commonly cited as being reborn shortly after the release of The Birth of a Nation | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
| The D. W. Griffith film created in response to the "intolerant" reactions against The Birth of a Nation | Intolerance |
| The specific structure built for the depiction of Belshazzar’s Feast in the “Babylon” section of Intolerance | 300-foot-tall set with monumental sculptures |
| Adventure film loosely based on the Arabian Nights starring Douglas Fairbanks as a thief named Ahmed | The Thief of Baghdad |
| The two famous lavish special effects featured in The Thief of Baghdad | A flying horse and a flying carpet |
| Adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel starring Lon Chaney, who devised his own horrifying makeup | The Phantom of the Opera |
| The composer and polymath who haunts the Paris Opera House in The Phantom of the Opera | Erik (The Phantom) |
| German filmmaker who directed the landmark science fiction epic Metropolis | Fritz Lang |
| The director who utilized the "Schüfftan technique" for special effects involving mirrors and miniatures | Eugen Schüfftan (Cinematographer for Metropolis) |
| Surrealist film collaboration between artist Salvador Dalí and filmmaker Luis Buñuel | Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) |
| The shocking opening scene of Un Chien Andalou involving a cloud, the moon, and a razor | A man slicing a woman's eye open |
| Silent feature film released after the "talkie" era began, starring Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp | City Lights |
| The character in City Lights who believes the Tramp is wealthy until her sight is restored | The blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) |
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