) It was born at the end of the 19th century.
2) The first dramatic film was produced in France.
3) The Jazz Singer opened a new era in films — the era of the “talkies”, or sound films.
4) At first, people could see films anywhere: in music halls, clubs and shops
5) The Russian film industry produced such great films as Protazanov’s The Queen of Spades (1916) and Father Sergius (1918). A little later The Battleship “Potemkin” came to the screen.
6) The silent film was over within a year.
7) The first one hundred percent sound film, Lights of New York, appeared in 1928, and the first colour films — in the 1930s.
1. What are the largest rivers in the USA?
2. What do Englishmen have for breakfast?
3. How much money does the government spend on education?
4. Where does the US president live?
5. What does Japan produce?