FOCUS ON FILM

1.a)Why did people run out of the cinema during the first Lumiere brothers film?
1.b)Why did the Americans do so well in film production?
1.c)Why did the film The Ten Commandments cost so much to make?
1.d)Did Mary Pickford look older or younger than her real age?
1.e)Rudolf Valentino didn`t make any "talkies". Why not ?

                                                      Answers
1.a) In that first film, a train came towards the camera. People ran out of the cinema thinking it was real train !
1.b) Because Americans have a film industry and a very large budget for the film with respect to the other countries.
1.c) Because the film was made by in 1923, had 2.500 "extras" (people in crowds) and 3.000 animals.
1.d) Mary Pickford age appears to be less than they actually had in real life
1.e) Rudolf Valentino movies did not talk because when it started making movies was dead spoken Radolf.