Q.1
What did British filmmaker R.W. Paul file a patent for in 1895?
A virtual reality experience based on an H.G. Welles novella
Sound films recorded onto proprietary glass discs
Sensatographical films, which incorporated smells and tastes
Q.2
Oscar Micheaux's film Within Our Gates was thought lost for years before a copy was discovered in_____.
Trick question, it's still lost
a basement in Chicago
Spain
the Czech Republic
Q.3
Nick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa was a torn-from-the-headlines comedy about, well, the theft of the Mona Lisa. Which famous author visited the scene of the crime and declared the movie authentic?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Christie
Maxim Gorky
Franz Kafka
Q.4
Who was Roald Amundsen's first cameraman during his South Pole expedition?
Frank Hurley
Benjamin Christensen
Roald Amundsen
Alfred Lind
Q.5
When Bebe Daniels quit as Harold Lloyd's regular leading lady, what was her next job?
A comedy star in her own right
The star of an experimental Italian production
A baby vamp in DeMille pictures
She briefly quit acting to start a family
Q.6
What made the 1913 IMP (Universal) production of Ivanhoe a prestige picture?
It was the first authorized adaptation of the famous novel
Leading man King Baggot was the first star with his name above the title
The cast and crew went on location in Wales for the shoot
A real castle was constructed just north of Los Angeles
Q.7
The 1917 version of Kidnapped billed itself as a family film. How was this accomplished?
There was no actual kidnapping in the film
The title cards announced that characters killed onscreen were merely injured
All mention of the rebellion in Scotland was cut to avoid encouraging disobedience to parents
All women were cut from the screenplay except for one crone
Q.8
Which talkie character actor was cast as the playboy husband in The Children in the House?
Brian Donlevy
Mischa Auer
Edward Everett Horton
Eugene Pallette
Q.9
Frances Marion did not finish directing The Song of Love because________.
all of the sets burned down thanks to a careless cameraman's cigarette
the film ran out of money due to Norma Talmadge insisting that she would not film on any day beginning with T
she was hit on the head with a light and lost consciousness
her screenplay was rewritten to include scenes for First National's next big star, Sparkles the Piglet
Q.10
What is the WRONG reason to watch Ernst Lubitsch's version of Lady Windermere's Fan?
Don't use it to cheat in English lit, it uses almost none of Oscar Wilde's dialogue
Don't use it as an example of Lubitsch's directing, he didn't have creative control
Don't watch it to see stars, not a single performer in the film made another movie
Don't use it to showcase 1920s couture, the Parisian fashion house hired to supply the costumes quit at the last minute