Hist/HRS 169 Exam #1: Topics in Film History - Prof. George S. Craft, Exams of World Religions

Download Hist/HRS 169 Exam #1: Topics in Film History - Prof. George S. Craft and more Exams World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! Hist/HRS 169 – ID List for Exam #1 Spring 2010 Write an identification item of about three sentences. Your answer should include the what, where, and when of the item; and also how it fits into the context of the course. The Hollywood style in ‘Casablanca’ 1942 Thomas A. Edison’s role in the founding of movies The Lumière Brothers and the origins of movies Mary Pickford’s relationship with her mother Gladys Smith’s lifestyle while working as child actor in theater Pickford’s acting style in ‘What the Daisy Said’ 1910 Mary Pickford’s persona in “The Little Princess” 1917 Douglas Fairbanks’ persona in “The Mark of Zorro” 1920 Mary Pickford as a “good businesswoman” DougandMary’s lifestyle at Pickfair in the 1920s Whitfield: Mary Pickford and Shirley Temple How the Independents defeated Edison’s grab for monopoly Mutual Film Corporation Decision 1915 Adolph Zukor’s exhibition problems c. 1918: block-booking, etc. Main steps in the creation of MGM, c. 1915-1924. D.W. Griffith’s main themes/ideas in ‘Birth of a Nation’ 1915 Editing and mise-en-scène in the Lincoln assassination scene in ‘Birth of a Nation’ 1915 Griffith’s editing and mise-en-scène and Lillian Gish’s acting in ‘Way Down East’ scene Chaplin’s attitude toward authority in ‘The Immigrant’ 1917 Main gags in second half of Buster Keaton’s ‘Sherlock Jr.’ 1924 Rudolf Valentino’s appearance and persona in ‘The Sheik” 1921 Greta Garbo’s appearance and persona in ‘Flesh and the Devil’ 1927? Europe and Europeans in American romantic (sex) dramas of the 1920s Aquarian Age and Movie-Struck Girls MPPDA and Will Hays: the 1920s Impact of the Great Depression on the motion picture studios Provisions of the Motion Picture Production Code 1930 Bela Lugosi’s acting and speaking style in ‘Dracula’ 1931 Jimmy Cagney’s persona in ‘Public Enemy’ 1931 ‘Pettin’ in the Park’ number in ‘Golddiggers of 1933’ 1934 Mae West’s humor in “I’m No Angel” 1933 Groucho Marx’s humor in “Duck Soup” 1933