A report on Silent film
Film with no synchronized recorded sound .
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Sound film
13 linksA sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film.
Charlie Chaplin
9 linksSir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
Lost film
7 linksFeature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Most lost films are from the silent film and early talkie era, from about 1894 to 1930.
Kevin Brownlow
5 linksBritish film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor.
British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor.
He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent film at the age of eleven.
City Lights
3 linksCity Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin.
Dolores del Río
5 linksMexican actress.
Mexican actress.
Del Río came to be considered a sort of feminine version of Rudolph Valentino, a "female Latin Lover", in her years during the American "silent" era.
Carl Davis
4 linksAmerican-born conductor and composer who has made his home in the United Kingdom since 1961.
American-born conductor and composer who has made his home in the United Kingdom since 1961.
He has written music for more than 100 television programmes, but is best known for creating music to accompany silent films.
Buster Keaton
4 linksAmerican actor, comedian and filmmaker.
American actor, comedian and filmmaker.
He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".
Film
3 linksWork of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Until sound film became commercially practical in the late 1920s, motion pictures were a purely visual art, but these innovative silent films had gained a hold on the public imagination.
The Jazz Singer
2 links1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland.
1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland.
Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era.