The Silence Era

Question 1

In the early days of the Silent Era three film studios ruled__________which would eventually become Paramount Pictures
2. _______________________________
3. _____________________________

Answer 1

Lasky Corporation
Lowes Inc
First National Pictures

Question 2

Not only did these companies dominate the market place, the exercised nearly complete control over the creative
and personal lives of their stars, writers and directors. Filmmakers often had to choose between following the __________________________________________________ or ______________________________________________ their careers.

Answer 2

Studio Orders
Abandoning

Question 3

In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford founded ________________________________.

Answer 3

United Artists

Question 4

Major studios became very good at churning out ______________________________________ commercial movies with
___________________________________________________________________.

Answer 4

Large Scale
Mass Apeal

Question 5

Thomas Ince is credited with applying the lessons of mass production to the actual making of movies. Ince broke
jobs up and created the following:
_____________________________________________________________ to conceive story and write the script.
_____________________________________________________ to make creative decisions on set and work with actors.
_____________________________________________________ to assemble the footage.
_____________________________________________________ to supervise the project from inception to final cut.
_____________________________________________________ to oversee the entire studio.

Answer 5

Screen Writers
Director
Editor
Producer
Studio Head

Question 6

Charlie Chaplin is one of the most famous stars of the Silent Era, best known for his ____________________ persona.
He easily made audiences laugh with his ____________________________ and increasingly clever ________________________.

Answer 6

Tramd
Physical Comedie
Story Lines

Question 7

True to his roots - and despite being one of the highest paid people in the world - Chaplin’s films often focused on
the ___________________________________, __________________________________________ of the ___________________________.

Answer 7

Gentle, Herriosm, Downtrodden

Question 8

As the film industry grew rapidly, people started to get nervous that movies posed a ____________________________
to ___________________________________________________________________.

Answer 8

Threat, Public Moracity

Question 9

Major key players in the film industry banned together to create the ______________________________________________
_________________________________________ (MPPDA). Will Hays put out a Motion Picture Production Code, also known
as the _______________________________________ - a catalogue of things filmmakers could and could not put on screen.

Answer 9

Motion Picture Producers And Distubuters Of American
Hays Code