Chaplin

Richard Attenborough

Who was the director of Chaplin?

Chaplin

After his mom got kicked off

Under what circumstances did Chaplin First appear on stage?

Chaplin

Syd, His older brother

The relative who helped Chaplin get into vaudeville with the Fred Karno Company was____?

Chaplin

The Drunk

The act Chaplin did for Fred Karno's vaudeville company was that of a ___?

Chaplin

Mack Sennet

What was the name of the producer who let C.C. direct his first film?

Chaplin

J. Edgar Hoover

Who was the man that said " to my way of thinkung motion pictures are potentially the most influential form of communication ever invented"?

Chaplin

J. Edgar Hoover

At the dinner party hosted by Mr. Hearst, C.C. was told " he had just made an enemy", That enemy was?

Chaplin

Ship heading to London (boat)

Where was C.C. when he found out that he was being "thrown out" of America?

Chaplin

44th Academy Awards

After many years of exile, C.C. finally returned to America. What was the occasion?

Chaplin

88, Christmas Day

Charlie Chaplin Died, Age __ on ___.

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

1919

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

German Golden Era

began with the end of WWI & ends with the rise to power of Adolf Hitler

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

Vladimir Lenin nationalized soviet film industry

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

The Last Laugh

(Director F.W. Murnau, Camerman Karl Freund)

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

Metropolis 

( Director Fritz Lang)

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

A cinematic style that started in Germany that provides a distorted perspective on reality. Main characters were exaggerated sets, dramatic shadows, unnatural makeup and stylized acting. Movement was influenced by painting, literature, and music. Had the greatest influence on the horror film genre. 1913-1933

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

Group of small film companies were brought together to help the support the German WWI effort by producing propaganda films. After the defeat of German military, UFA was sold in 1918 to private investors. At the height of UFA, facilities were the best in all of Europe, rivaling even the major studios in Hollywood.

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

A french term that means black film. Dark, brutal and violent look at urban life. Crime, corruption, sadism, bleak surroundings, dark shadows, contrastive lighting. 

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

French term applying to early Russian editing experiments of creatively assembling various film scenes together to heighten or reinforce meaning or feeling in a scene.

F.W Murnau

Last Laugh

F.W Murnau made the most admired film to come out of the German film revolution, The ____.

Birth Of Soviet Cinema

Lumiere Brothers 

In 1895, the _____ brought the silent films from France to Russia.

Birth of Soviet Cinema

Unloaded Camera

The talented director Lev Kuleshov trained his pupils in exercises using an ______.

Birth of Soviet Cinema

Battleship Potemkin

(Sergei) Eisenstein created a hymn ti tge failed revolution (of 1905) in the film The_____.

Birth of Soviet Cinema

Great Films

The Battleship Potemkin was nevertheless hailed instantly for what it was, one of the ____ of all time. 

The Coming of Sound

Warner Brothers 

Was the studio that was to bring the silent era to an end.

The Coming of Sound

Something extra ordinary was happening to the mvies, they suddenly found they had a rival ____.

The Coming of Sound

Griffith soon stoped it (sound film production) because he said it was suicide, only __% of the world speaks English, why should I lose __% of my audience.

The Coming of Sound

In August, 1926 (Warner's) held a gala premiere for ____.

The Coming of Sound

But the main event of the evening was the feature film made in the Vitaphone process ____.

The Coming of Sound

When they were showing ____ in the Warner Brother's theater, you had to wait hours to get in.

The Sound Era

1886

First recorded movie sound on disc in France

The Sound Era

1895- 1927

The silent era in film

(32 years)

The Sound Era

Jazz Singer: First feature film to use sync singing

First feature film w/ singing and title cards

The Sound Era

Busby Berkeley

Top choreographer fro hollywood musical

The Sound Era

Studio Years (aka The Studio System)

Film factories -> Studio system

The Sound Era

500 Feature films produced each year in USA

Singin' In The Rain

Stunt man

Don Lockwood got his break in the movies when he placed a ____.

Singin' In The Rain

At his party, the producer, Mr. Simpson, had a little surprise for his guests, it was?

_______

Singin' In The Rain

What was the reason Mr. Simpson stopped production of the Dueling Cavalier?

Singin' In The Rain

While trying to shoot his first sound scene with Lina Lamont, Dexter, the director, has a prblem with a piece of recording equipment, it was ___.

Singin' In The Rain

In order to "fix" The Deuling Cavalier Cosmo presents a solution. What was it?

Singin' in the Rain

Kathy

Who was the person asked to replace Lina Lamont's voice?