CTVR 3 Final Exam |84 Questions and Answers
This decade retained the glossy façade of Hollywood - -1950's
-Why did films have fewer people in the audience during the 1950's - -Television robbed
film of its audience
-What was HUAC? - -The House Un-American Committee
-Who helped stop the blacklist by crediting a blacklisted writer on screen - -Kirk Douglas
with "Spartacus"
-Who was an iconic actress - -Marylin Monroe
-Which film atarted Romantic Comedies - -"It Happened One Night"
-Most important element in Romantic Comedy - -Chemistry
-Directed "Pillow Talk" - -Michael Gordon
-Produced "Pillow Talk" - -Ross Hunter
-Costumer "Pillow Talk" - -Jean Louis
-Writer "Pillow Talk" - -Stanley Shapiro
-This film got an academy award for screenplay - -Pillow Talk
-Best actor/actress pair for Romantic Comedies, first seen in "Pillow Talk" - -Rock Hudson
and Doris Day
-Famous singer before acting - -Doris Day
-What sub-genres come from Drama - -Biographies, Melodramas, Crime Films, etc.
-What issue was dealt with in Dramas during the 1940's - -World War II
-What does the house represent in "Life as a House" - -Strength and Commitment
-Who wrote "Life as a House" - -Mark Andrus
-Who directed Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein (1931)" - -James Whale
-Where was the 1910 version of Frankenstein shot - -Edison's Studio
, -The film that started the Horror genre and its director - -"The Devil's Manor," directed by
George Melies
-Who wrote "Hound of Bakervilles" - -Arthur Conan Doyle
-Directed "Poltergeist" - -Tobe Hooper
-Produced "Poltergeist" - -Steven Spielberg
-Who started Slice and Dice (Splatter) genre - -Tobe Hooper
-John Carpenter and "Halloween" proved what - -
-Played the original Dracula - -Bela Lugosi
-Lon Chaney was known as - -The man of a thousand faces
-Directed "Frankenstein" - -Boris Karloff
-George Romero's cult was known for - -Night of the Living Dead
-Known for its Horror films - -Universal Studios
-Directed "Rear Window" - -Alfred Hitchcock
-Hitchcock never won what award - -Oscar for best director
-Costume Designer "Rear Window" - -Edith Head
-Hitchcock's first job in the business - -Illustrating silent film title cards
-Auditory Conflict - -The audio does not match the visual
-What is MacGuffin - -A device used by Hitchcock that moves the plot forward
-Hitchcock's favorite elements - -An innocent man accused of crime, Nowhere to run,
Horror resides in everyday life, Murder can happen in happy places, The unexpected can
happen at any time
-Largest set constructed at Paramount - -"Rear Window"
31 Apartments, 12 fully furnished
-Famous fact about Hitchcock's directing - -He never looked through a camera lens after
storyboarding a film
-Edited many of Hitchcock's films - -His wife, Alma
This decade retained the glossy façade of Hollywood - -1950's
-Why did films have fewer people in the audience during the 1950's - -Television robbed
film of its audience
-What was HUAC? - -The House Un-American Committee
-Who helped stop the blacklist by crediting a blacklisted writer on screen - -Kirk Douglas
with "Spartacus"
-Who was an iconic actress - -Marylin Monroe
-Which film atarted Romantic Comedies - -"It Happened One Night"
-Most important element in Romantic Comedy - -Chemistry
-Directed "Pillow Talk" - -Michael Gordon
-Produced "Pillow Talk" - -Ross Hunter
-Costumer "Pillow Talk" - -Jean Louis
-Writer "Pillow Talk" - -Stanley Shapiro
-This film got an academy award for screenplay - -Pillow Talk
-Best actor/actress pair for Romantic Comedies, first seen in "Pillow Talk" - -Rock Hudson
and Doris Day
-Famous singer before acting - -Doris Day
-What sub-genres come from Drama - -Biographies, Melodramas, Crime Films, etc.
-What issue was dealt with in Dramas during the 1940's - -World War II
-What does the house represent in "Life as a House" - -Strength and Commitment
-Who wrote "Life as a House" - -Mark Andrus
-Who directed Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein (1931)" - -James Whale
-Where was the 1910 version of Frankenstein shot - -Edison's Studio
, -The film that started the Horror genre and its director - -"The Devil's Manor," directed by
George Melies
-Who wrote "Hound of Bakervilles" - -Arthur Conan Doyle
-Directed "Poltergeist" - -Tobe Hooper
-Produced "Poltergeist" - -Steven Spielberg
-Who started Slice and Dice (Splatter) genre - -Tobe Hooper
-John Carpenter and "Halloween" proved what - -
-Played the original Dracula - -Bela Lugosi
-Lon Chaney was known as - -The man of a thousand faces
-Directed "Frankenstein" - -Boris Karloff
-George Romero's cult was known for - -Night of the Living Dead
-Known for its Horror films - -Universal Studios
-Directed "Rear Window" - -Alfred Hitchcock
-Hitchcock never won what award - -Oscar for best director
-Costume Designer "Rear Window" - -Edith Head
-Hitchcock's first job in the business - -Illustrating silent film title cards
-Auditory Conflict - -The audio does not match the visual
-What is MacGuffin - -A device used by Hitchcock that moves the plot forward
-Hitchcock's favorite elements - -An innocent man accused of crime, Nowhere to run,
Horror resides in everyday life, Murder can happen in happy places, The unexpected can
happen at any time
-Largest set constructed at Paramount - -"Rear Window"
31 Apartments, 12 fully furnished
-Famous fact about Hitchcock's directing - -He never looked through a camera lens after
storyboarding a film
-Edited many of Hitchcock's films - -His wife, Alma
