WorksheetsFilm History Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which item did Thomas Edison invent in terms of making motion pictures?
cinematographe
daguerreotype
nickelodeon
kinetoscope
Which item did the Lumiere brothers invent in regards to movie making?
cinematographe
daguerreotype
nickelodeon
kinetoscope
Which term means "a small, makeshift movie theater from the early 1900's"?
cinematographe
daguerreotype
nickelodeon
kinetoscope
Which movie is considered to be the 1st action-adventure movie, directed by Edwin S. Porter?
The Great Train Robbery
Nanook of the North
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Who was the first actress to be a known as a movie star and also known as the Biograph Girl?
Hattie McDaniel
Mary Pickford
Clara Bow
Florence Lawrence
In 1927, at what event were the first Oscars given for excellence in the art of film?
United Artists
the Biograph Awards
the Studio System
the Academy Awards
Which film in 1927 starred Al Jolson and was the first film to feature/include sound?
Gone With the Wind
Nanook of the North
The Jazz Singer
The Great Train Robbery
What was the film genre that was born from sound being added to film? (In other words, the genre didn't exist until sound was added to film.)
action-adventure films
musicals
comedies
gangster films
Why is December 28, 1895 such an important date in film history?
It was the date of the 1st Academy Awards.
It is considered the birth date of film/cinema.
It the date when The Wizard of Oz was released.
It is the date when Hattie McDaniel won her Oscar.
The silent era ended, and in the 1930s, the ___ of movies began. So many new technologies involving sound and color were booming, and major stars were emerging.
Golden Age
Color Age
Sound Age
Silver Age
The 1939 movie ___ is known for its technicolor processing and its portrayal of the Civil War, and it won 8 Academy Awards.
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
