The History of Movies

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Eadweard Muybridge invented the first animated cartoon.
  

• Eadweard Muybridge created one of the first movie projectors called the zoopraxiscope.

• Silent movies were popular with audiences.

• The first color movie was The Wizard of Oz.

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Choose THREE key details that support the main idea.

• Before superhero blockbusters and animated comedies, filmmakers were lucky if they could get a horse to successfully gallop across the screen.

• In 1923, movie makers figured out how to add sound to films, and almost every film produced became a “talkie.”

• The popularity of movies prompted some big changes from even more inventors and filmmakers.

• Eadweard Muybridge invented one of the first movie projectors, the zoopraxiscope, which made images appear to move.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s The Wizard of Oz helped make color motion pictures popular.

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What is the passage mostly about?

• How color movies became popular.

• The story of Eadweard Muybridge's life.

• The invention of animated cartoons.

• The invention and development of movies over time.

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What invention helped make movies look like they were moving?

• DVD players

• Blu-ray discs

• Silent films

• Zoopraxiscope

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Why were silent movies popular with the public?

• Audiences could enjoy live music or commentary during the films.

• They were in color.

• They were too expensive to make.

• They were made in black-and-white.

What change did filmmakers make in 1923?

• They invented color movies.

• They invented DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

• They figured out how to add sound to movies.

• They started making longer movies.

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What was the first movie that made color films very popular?

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

• The Wizard of Oz

• Zoopraxiscope

• The Sound of Music

Put the following events in order to summarize the history of movies.

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, a silent cartoon depicting chalkboard creatures coming to life, brings popularity to animated movies.

• Hollywood figures out how to add sound, and soon every film produced is a “talkie.”

• Silent movies become big hits, and audiences enjoy watching the films with live musical accompaniment and commentary from film hosts.

• Though early filmmakers had experimented with adding color to traditional black-and-white films for decades, color motion pictures gained a huge following with the success of Metro Goldwyn-Mayer’s The Wizard of Oz.

• DVDs, Blu-ray discs and online streaming allow movie enthusiasts to enjoy films from the comfort of their own home.

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