U.S. Animation Golden Age Era

The Animation Golden Age was a period in the ___.

• 1770s through 1780s

• 18880s through 1890s

• 1990s through 2009s

• 1920s through 1960s

The Golden Age of American animation was a period when sound, color and multiplane cameras became popularly used in animation films.

• True

• False

This animation is considered to be the first successfully synchronized mainstream sound animated film of the Golden Age in 1928 with dialogue.

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Steamboat Willie
• The Jazz Singer
• Fantasia

Answer explanation

Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney.

Phonofilm "sound-on-film" process was invented by ____.

• Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

• Paul Terry and John Foster

• Max and Dave Fleischer

• Emile Cohn and J. Stuart Blackton

The first animation to use sound was Inkwell Studios’ _____, which used a bouncing ball sing-along technique.

• Koko the Clown

• Steamboat Willie

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Song Car-Tunes Series

The following are all early examples of sync sound in animation, EXCEPT

• Song Car-Tunes

• Aesop Fables

• My Old Kentucky Home

• Trolley Troubles

Mickey Mouse was debuted in this animation, considered one of the first to feature some semblance of synchronized dialogue.

• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Plane Crazy

• Steamboat Willie

Produced by Van Beuren Studios and premiered on September 1, 1928, this animation is a contender as the first sound cartoon with a synchronized soundtrack with dialogue.

• Dinner Time
• The Jazz Singer
• Steamboat Willie
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Answer explanation

Dinner Time by Paul Terry and John’s Foster

____’s first episode, Fiddlesticks, was the first animation to use the two-strip color system.

In 1932, Disney followed Ub Iwerks and released ____ using the Tricolour process.

• Alice in Wonderland

• Flowers and Trees

• Snow White

• Flip the Frog