One of the First Feature-Length Narrative Films to Demonstrate Cinema's

question 29

Multiple Choice

One of the first feature-length narrative films to demonstrate cinema's artistic and commercial potential,________ was released in 1915,the year many critics pinpoint as the beginning of the Hollywood studio era.

• A) The Birth of a Nation
• B) The Great Train Robbery
• C) A Trip to the Moon
• D) The Gay Shoe Clerk

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