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Classical Hollywood cinema, a Rare card
In film criticism, classical Hollywood cinema is both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking that first developed in the 1910s to 1920s during the later years of the silent film era.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Classical Hollywood cinema quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Classical Hollywood cinema card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During the ______ forty years, it was the most powerful and pervasive style of filmmaking worldwide.
Answer
intervening. During the intervening forty years, it was the most powerful and pervasive style of filmmaking worldwide. From the Classical Hollywood cinema article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Shawn Hatosy. Shawn Hatosy 2,100,000 · Tom Burke 1,300,000 · Classical Hollywood cinema 300,000 · Admiralgade 22 200 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It then became characteristic of United States cinema during the Golden Age of Hollywood from 1927, with the advent of sound film, until the 1960s and the arrival of New Hollywood productions such as Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate.
- During the intervening forty years, it was the most powerful and pervasive style of filmmaking worldwide.
- Similar or associated terms include classical Hollywood narrative, Old Hollywood, and classical continuity.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Classical Hollywood cinema article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Classical Hollywood cinema
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Classical Hollywood cinema (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Selznick International Pictures, Fred Parrish, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
