Deck 8: American Cinema in the 1940s

Question 1

All of the following are true about the state of the American film industry during World War II except

A)American's love affair with movies continued through most of the 40s
B)the value of studios leaped by almost $150,000,000 in one year alone
C)many studios lost money because of the war
D)the admission price to movies was less than 50 cents

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 1948,the federal government successfully concluded an antitrust action that divested the major companies of their theater chains.___

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is true of John Huston's The Battle of San Pietro?

A)he used a hand-held camera
B)he filmed body bags
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Many consider which of the following to be Billy Wilder's masterpiece?

A)Sunset Boulevard
B)Double Indemnity
C)The Lost Weekend
D)Ace in the Hole

Question 5

Billy Wilder was a

A)director
B)reporter
C)scriptwriter
D)all of the above

Question 6

Which of the following did not persuade filmmakers and audiences that there was more to life than they previously had thought?

A)World War II
B)Surrealism
C)Freudian psychology
D)the Holocaust

Question 7

Which of the following is true of a Disney-produced animated feature film?

A)sentimental
B)sugary
C)supported stability and family
D)all of the above

Question 8

Social realism,developing concurrently with film noir,is,in technique,a great deal like

A)classic melodrama
B)neorealism
C)national epics
D)slapstick comedy

Question 9

Which of the following did not contribute to Hollywood's loss of profitability after World War II?

A)anti-trust action against the majors
B)bad movies
C)television
D)HUAC investigations

Question 10

Which of the following is true of female characters in Preston Sturges's movies?

A)They are shy and retiring.
B)They are "eye candy."
C)They are wily and manipulative.
D)none of the above

Question 11

The movie that made Humphrey Bogart a star was

A)High Sierra
B)African Queen
C)The Caine Mutiny
D)Moby Dick
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Question 12

All the documentaries made in Hollywood during World War II were fully patriotic,saber rattlers.___

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of film noir by John Huston?

A)The African Queen
B)The Maltese Falcon
C)The Battle of San Pietro
D)none of the above

Question 14

In film noir,the tone is generally

A)optimistic.
B)pragmatic.
C)pessimistic.
D)sarcastic.

Question 15

The Why We Fight war propaganda films are characterized by which of the following:

A)stock footage
B)animation
C)stentorian narration
D)all of the above

Question 16

Which classic dramatist did Welles increasingly turn to for inspiration as he aged?

A)Anton Chekov
B)Ben Johnson
C)William Shakespeare
D)Arthur Miller
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Question 17

What quality(ies)make Walt Disney's animated movies such as Pinocchio work as well as they do?

A)emotional directness
B)wonderful film music
C)mischievous humor
D)all of the above

Question 18

All of the following are true about Orson Welles' Citizen Kane except

A)it combines a number of films techniques for the first time.
B)it uses flashbacks for its narrative.
C)it was budgeted for $650,000.
D)it was shot in flat focus.

Question 19

The films that Ida Lupino made were concerned with

A)unwed mothers
B)rape
C)working women
D)all of the above

Question 20

Hollywood exempted itself from participation from World War II and made millions of dollars in the process.___

Question 21

Preston Sturges's movies like All About Eve continued to reinforce the notion that success and happiness are the result of talent,clean living,and hard work.___

Question 22

Whom in Hollywood did the investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)affect?

Question 23

What could,like Ben Hecht,Billy Wilder do almost instinctively and why?

Question 24

Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard is a realistic meditation on the nature of Hollywood that turns into wonderful screwball comedy.___

Question 25

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
Billy Wilder ___

Question 26

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
Memphis Belle ___

Question 27

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
Mad Wednesday ___

Question 28

What essentially was John Huston's interest in characters found in movies like The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of Sierra Madre,? Was Huston pessimistic or
optimistic overall in his view of life?
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Question 29

In a Disney film up through the 40s,the overriding sensibility is basically the star,usually Mickey Mouse.___

Question 30

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
social realism ___

Question 31

Huston's noir films charts the down side of humanity,the men and women who try and fail,either through flaws in themselves or because they attempt to circumvent the natural order of a hostile universe.___
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Question 32

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
proud and combative ___

Question 33

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
John Huston ___

Question 34

Animation at Warners was markedly different from that of Disney: anarchic,astringent,unstable,disinterested in family.___

Question 35

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
Bambi ___

Question 36

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
the existential loner ___

Question 37

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
Preston Sturges ___

Question 38

William Wyler,as demonstrated in The Best Years of Our Lives,thought that the camera ,the staging,the externals of a scene were "important only as they help the audience understand what the characters are thinking,feeling or doing." ___

Question 39

John Huston early in his directing career showed a gift for multi-layered filmmaking.
___

Question 40

Matching
a.Orson Welles' film
b.Katharine Hepburn
c.Disney classic animated feature
d.Humphrey Bogart
e.Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
f.like neorealism in technique
g.The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
h.The Palm Beach Story
i.Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
j.William Wyler WWII documentary
The Stranger ___

Question 41

Why did a darker,more pessimistic kind of story (noir)come to popularity after the
war?

Question 42

In what ways did American cinema show that innovation could come through adaptation,as in borrowing techniques from the Italian neorealists?

Question 43

What makes film noir run counter to the American tradition of optimism?

Question 44

Were Warner Brothers cartoons or Disney cartoons more in keeping with the feelings of the times?

Question 45

In what ways did Hollywood do "itself proud during World War II"?