TENTH WEEK QUIZ

1. What was the title of the first Broadway show Mae West starred in - and was raided by police and the cast arrested?

2. For what Academy Award was She Done Him Wrong nominated?

3. Of the two major types of comedy, which was more prevelent in silent films?

4. Which actor is involved in a "rape" scandal and was found "not guilty" but his career was ruined?

5. Who was the first chair of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America?

6. From what kind of performers has it been said that Mae West adopted her "walk"?

7. What famous film maker died of a heart attack on William randolph Hurst's yacht, but was said to have been shot to death?

8. What kind of clauses were put into performers contracts to "insure" they behaved with decorum?

9. The solution to a famous scandal in sports, was the model for the self regulation of the film industry. What sport was it?

10. What was the first film that had to cut a scene as a result of the code?

Answers will come with the next game.

Answers to Last Week's Quiz

1. In what year was The Jazz Singer released?
ANS: 1927

2. Which sound system was used for the sound parts of the film?
ANS: Vitaphone

3. What famous entertainer of the period stars in the film?
ANS:: Al Jolson

4. Who is credited for making the first sound film?
ANS: William Dickson

5. Name one of the two major ways sound was recorded?
ANS: Sound on dick or Sound on film

6. What company produced The Jazz Singer?
ANS: Warner Brothers

7. What does a "foley" artist add to a film?
ANS: Sound

8. Which of the two major approaches to synching sound with image won out and is still in use today?
ANS: Sound on Film

9. Sound killed camera movement initially, because the sound of what equipment was being recorded?
ANS: camera

10. What famous movie with Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds deals with the problem of the inception of sound films?
ANS: Singin' in the Rain