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April 7th Quiz Flashcards

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Carl Laemmle

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  • 1867-1939
  • Horror film
  • German born film pioneer - Laemmle’s Universal
  • Started universal pictures
  • Biggest success were the films with Lone Chaney
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Universal Pictures

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  • 1912
  • One of Hollywood’s Big six film studios
  • Created by Carl Laemmle
  • Known for their horror films (Schouerfilm)
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Karl Freund

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  • 1890-1969
  • Involved in every part of early German cinema
  • One of the finest Germanic films was The Mummy
  • Good sense of composition and lighting
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Frankenstein

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  • 1931
  • Successful partially because of escapism during the great depression
  • Directed by James Whale
  • Based on novel by Mary Shelley
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Busby Berkeley

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  • 1895-1976
  • Hollywood movie director/choreographer
  • Large masses of dancers performing complex geometric patterns
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Hitchcock Characteristics

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  • 1899-1980
  • Slide into chaos
  • Incompetence of police
  • Germanic influences
  • Audience manipulation
  • Appearance vs reality
  • The hitchcock cameo
  • The build up
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Surrealism

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  • 1920s
  • Deals with dream and reality
  • Arose after WWI
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Salvador Dali

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  • 1904-1989
  • Surrealist painter
  • Takes us from reality into a world of uncertainty
  • Partnered with hitchcock for the film Spellbound
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Samuel Goldwyn

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  • 1879-1974
  • Hollywood film producer
  • Obsessed with Kaye, the comedian
  • Not easy to get along with and did not recognize Vera-Ellen’s talent “second banana”
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MGM

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  • 1924
  • Greatest musical studio
  • Pushes Vera-Ellen to stay thin
  • Gives Vera-Ellen poor billing
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Gene Kelly

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  • 1912-1996
  • American dancer, actor, singer, film director, and choreographer
  • Works for MGM and partnered with Vera
  • Known as a notorious task maker but saw Vera’s talent
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Vera Ellen

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  • 1921-1981
  • She was a hit in film
  • Received more fan mail than any other
  • “Appealing as a kitten, feminine as perfume and as gentle as a spring breeze”
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The Belle of New York

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  • 1952
  • Film produced by Arthur Freed
  • Vera-Ellen with Fred Astaire
  • Promised to take her career to new heights
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Danny Kaye

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  • 1911-1987
  • Wonder Man 1945
  • American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian
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White Christmas

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  • 1954
  • Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera Ellen
  • Directed by Michael Curtiz
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Bing Crosby

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  • 1903-1977
  • Trademarked warm bass-baritone voice
  • One of the best selling recording artists of the 20th century
  • First to prerecord radio shows
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Victor Rothschild & Vera Ellen

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  • Married 1954-1966

- Famous wealthy banking family

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Impressionism

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  • 1870-1900
  • Originated in Paris
  • Claude Monet
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Edouard Manet

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  • Impressionism

- Claude Monet in his Studio Boat 1874

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Claude Monet

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  • 1840-1926
  • Impressionism
  • French artist
  • Emphasis on nature
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Post-impressionism

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  • 1880s
  • Revitalization of line, pattern form, and color
  • Paul Cezanne: still life with apples and fruit, 1882
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Pointillism

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  • 19th century
  • Color theory
  • Developed by Georges Seurat
  • Balance of color and symmetry
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Georges Seurat

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-1859-1891

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Vincent Van Gogh

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  • 1853-1890
  • Dutch artist
  • post-impressionism
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Edvard Munch

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  • 1863-1944
  • Norwegian painter
  • Impressionism and post-impressionism
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Paul Gauguin

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  • 1848-1903
  • Post-impressionism
  • Vision after the Sermon, 1888
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Symbolism

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  • Late 19th century
  • Representation of nature becomes subjective
  • Gustav Klimt
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Gustav Klimt

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  • 1863-1918
  • Symbolist Viennese artist
  • The Kiss: 1907-1908
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Art Nouveau

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  • Late 19th century
  • Named after shop in Paris called L’Art Nouveau
  • Based on natural forms but could be mass-produced
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American Skyscrapers

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-New construction materials

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Louis Henry Sullivan

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  • 1856-1924
  • Architect who utilized Art Nouveau ideas
  • “Form follows function”
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Art Deco

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  • 1920-1930s
  • Influenced by cubism and shatter angles
  • Rich, sumptuous material
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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  • 1867-1959
  • American Architect
  • Sought to develop organic unity of planning structure, materials, and site
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Fred Astaire

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  • 1899-1987

- Curvilinear dancing

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Ginger Rogers

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  • 1911-1995

- Ginger’s dress moved in curvilinear patterns

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Depression Modern

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  • 1930s
  • Curvilinear
  • Plucked eyebrows, moon face, platinum blonde
  • Jean Harlow and Shirley Temple
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Anna Pavlova

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  • 1889-1931
  • Russian ballet star
  • Extension and pliable torso
  • Dying Swan
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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

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  • 1878-1949
  • Grandson of slaves
  • Vaudeville and movie superstar
  • Stair, shuffle, and sand dancing
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Fayard Nicholas

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  • 1914-2006
  • Flash and acrobatic dancing
  • Broke through color line
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Harold

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  • 1921-2000
  • Flash and acrobatic dancing
  • Broke through color line
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Fred Stone

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  • 1873-1959
  • Eccentric dancer and acrobat
  • Wizard of Oz
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Ray Bolger

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  • 1904-1987
  • Rubber legged dancer
  • Wizard of Oz

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