No synchronised sound, especially dialogue
Would use gestures/mime (often borrowing from theatre), title cards and announcers to provide context
Orchestras would also play
70% of silent films are lost due to degradation of being destroyed
Era lasted mid 1890s - late 1920s
Were actually high quality, but the copies we see were damaged ones make it look bad
Were referred to at the time as talkies, sound film or taking pictures
First talkie was The Jazz Singer (1927)
Influential people in this era include Charlie Chaplian and Buster Keaton, who performed slapstick comedy. More serious performers include Lillian Gish and Rudolph Valentine
The director D.W. Griffith is also acclaimed as being one of the most influential creators of the time, with films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916) and Broken Blossoms (1919)
Top Grossing Silent Films US:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Big Parade (1925)
Ben-Hur (1925)
Way Down East (1920)
The Gold Rush (1925)
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