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| Studio that first gambled in by launching "talkies" | Warner Brothers
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| The first feature-length film with sound | The Jazz Singer
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| When a few companies control such a large part of an industry that the action of one affects all of the others | Oligopoly
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| first to star in a "talkie"; a vaudeville performer | Al Johnson
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| Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith | Formed United Artists
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| Requiring theaters to take scores of inexpensive, second-rate films with unknown stars in order to be able to show the few really good films | Block Booking
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| Era when big studios controlled most of filmmaking and star system peaked | The Golden Age of Hollywood
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| Head of Warner Brother's Studios in 1926, said that talking films would never be a commercial success. | Jack Warner
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| “Wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothing yet” | line from the Jazz Singer
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| The last mainstream silent movie was ___________ released by Universal in the late summer of 1929. | Points West
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| In 1929, Fox released ‘the first outdoor all-talkie’____________ for which cameras were hidden in bushes. | In Old Arizona
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| During early "talkies," The cameras were housed in glass cabinets. Why? | To keep the mics from picking up the camera noise
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| After making two "talkies," this actress quit film altogether because audiences had problems reconciling her voice – a broad Jewish Brooklyn drawl – with her sweet silent screen persona. | Norma Talmadge
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| 22,000 people lost their jobs as ___________ when the silent film era ended | Movie-House Musicians
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| At one point during its history the film business was considered an oligopoly. An oligopoly is when | a few companies control such a large part of an industry that the action of one affects all of the others
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| The 20 years between 1930 and 1950 are generally recognized as the studio years. What was NOT a characteristic of this era? | the independent film studios thrived
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| In 1927, a feature-length film featuring sound starring Al Jolson was a major hit with the public. This film is considered to be the first talkie. It was | The Jazz Singer
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| A minor studio with seemingly nothing to lose "bet the company" on sound. This studio was | Warner Brothers
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| Studios first opposed the use of sound in motion pictures because | 1. they weren't sure the public would accept it
2. some of the top stars were foreign-born with noticeable accents
3. many actors who didn't have stage experience had voice and diction problems
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| Senator McCarthy's popularity took a nosedive when | when Edward R. Morrow did a network documentary on him
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| The McCarthy Hearings | 1. are now considered mostly a "witch hunt"
2. made Senator Joseph McCarthy famous on TV
3. were supported by many film executives because they felt that writers and unions were getting too much power
4. ruined scores of lives and careers
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| Starring in "The Tramp,: the first 20th Century superstar was considered to be | Charlie Chaplin
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| The names Hal Roach, Mack Sennett, and Laurel and Hardy are most associated with | slapstick film comedy
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| The name "Hollywood" originated with | a real estate agent's attempt to get holly trees to grow
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| he produced the film, Birth of a Nation | D. W. Griffith
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| he introducing sophisticated film and storytelling techniques | D. W. Griffith
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| his most famous film had a strong racist theme | D. W. Griffith
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| made a three-hour film was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Civil War in the United States | D. W. Griffith
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| they tried to control the motion picture industry of the early 1900's | Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
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| they used their combined patents to try to create a monopoly | Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
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| they didn't allow the use of actor's names in films | Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
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| they established motion picture standards and created an internationally competitive motion picture industry | Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
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