Film History Spring 2025 Final Review

What were films that used stop-motion photography to add or take away items to make it look like disappeared/reappeared

What was Quo Vadis? (1912) known for?

Who was Buster Keaton?

What is slapstick comedy?

What was the short film with the plot about a group of astronomers who travel to the moon in a cannon-propelled capsule?

What is a person who leads religious songs and chants prayers in a synagogue called?

What are payments made to an individual or company for the ongoing use of their property or copyright called?

What was a portable hand crank that functioned as a camera and printer and projector called?

What did Warner Bros hope to make by subleasing the Vitaphone to vendors

What was the device that synchronized sound from Film by using a phonograph turntable on a disc called?

1.What was the earliest form of photographs in motion?

What were long films called?

Why were 'dream palaces' named so?

What was Don Juan (1926) known for?

What was the issue of early microphones?

Why did movie theaters struggle to keep the right technology?

What was the result of Don Juan (1926)?

Who was F.W. Murnau?

What does MPPDA stand for?

What did French cinema pioneer?

What are intertitles?

Where were films made before Hollywood?

Which countries led cinema pre-WWI?

What were Actualities?

True or false: Italian films were known for simple sets

What was one of the early great horror fims from Warner Bros Studios?

What was The Lights of New York (1928) known for?

What was the Arbuckle Scandal?

What is it called when the brain retains images cast upon the retina of the eye for a fraction of a second?

True or false: The Star System used unknown actors

What was the device that recorded and played sound called?

What was Chaplin’s nickname?

What was the first feature film to have synchronized sound and film with dialogue and musical numbers?