The Golden Age of Hollywood

During which time period did Hollywood become the main medium for mass communication, art, and commerce?

• 1920s

• 1950s

• 1930s

• 1940s

Which major film studios emerged after the arrival of sound?

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

• Paramount Pictures

• Warner Brothers

• All of the above

Which studio was known for producing big-budget musicals, comedies, melodramas, and literary adaptations?

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

• Paramount Pictures

• Warner Brothers

• 20th Century-Fox

Which studio branded itself as the studio of the working class and produced low-budget melodramas and gritty gangster movies?

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

• Paramount Pictures

• Warner Brothers

• 20th Century-Fox

Which studio was the home of the extremely popular Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals?

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

• Paramount Pictures

• Warner Brothers

• RKO

Which technological advancement in the film industry allowed for the use of color in films?

• Sound-on-film technology

• Technicolor

• Cinerama

• CinemaScope

Which film was the first to use Technicolor and starred Errol Flynn?

• The Adventures of Robin Hood

• Gone with the Wind

• The Wizard of Oz

• Snow White

What is the standard aspect ratio established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1932?

• 4:3

• 16:9

• 8:3

• 2.35:1

What was the extreme widescreen ratio called that involved shooting a film with three separate synchronized cameras?

• Cinerama

• CinemaScope

• Technicolor

• Anamorphic

Which aspect ratio became the standard for widescreen cinema in the mid-1950s?

• 4:3

• 16:9

• 8:3

• 2.35:1