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The Golden Age of Hollywood

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

1920s

b)

1950s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

2.

Which major film studios emerged after the arrival of sound?

a)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

b)

Paramount Pictures

c)

Warner Brothers

d)

All of the above

3.

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

a)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

b)

Paramount Pictures

c)

Warner Brothers

d)

20th Century-Fox

4.

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

a)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

b)

Paramount Pictures

c)

Warner Brothers

d)

20th Century-Fox

5.

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

a)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

b)

Paramount Pictures

c)

Warner Brothers

d)

RKO

6.

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

a)

Sound-on-film technology

b)

Technicolor

c)

Cinerama

d)

CinemaScope

7.

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

a)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

b)

Gone with the Wind

c)

The Wizard of Oz

d)

Snow White

8.

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

a)

4:3

b)

16:9

c)

8:3

d)

2.35:1

9.

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

a)

Cinerama

b)

CinemaScope

c)

Technicolor

d)

Anamorphic

10.

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

a)

4:3

b)

16:9

c)

8:3

d)

2.35:1