- 1. In which year was the first feature-length talking film, 'The Jazz Singer', released?
A) 1910
B) 1935
C) 1927
D) 1950
- 2. Which technology did 'The Jazz Singer' use for its talking sequences?
A) Technicolor
B) Vitaphone
C) Kinemacolor
D) Cinerama
- 3. What was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture that was a talking film?
A) The Broadway Melody
B) All Quiet on the Western Front
C) Wings
D) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
- 4. Which film was known for having the first synchronized sound in a feature film?
A) Steamboat Willie
B) The Singing Fool
C) Don Juan
D) The Jazz Singer
- 5. Who directed the first feature-length talking horror film 'Dracula' in 1931?
A) Tod Browning
B) F.W. Murnau
C) James Whale
D) Michael Curtiz
- 6. Who was the movie star known as 'The King of Hollywood' who transitioned successfully from silent films to talking pictures?
A) Charlie Chaplin
B) Buster Keaton
C) Gary Cooper
D) Clark Gable
- 7. Which 1939 film is known for its famous line 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn' and was one of the most successful talking films of the time?
A) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
B) Gone with the Wind
C) Citizen Kane
D) The Wizard of Oz
- 8. Who was the first child actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in a talking film?
A) Freddie Bartholomew
B) Bobby Breen
C) Mickey Rooney
D) Jackie Cooper
- 9. Which 1952 film marked the debut of 3D in talking cinema and is a classic horror flick?
A) House of Wax
B) Creature from the Black Lagoon
C) The Mad Magician
D) The Tingler
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