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In the event, Dickson was unable to synchronise the playback of sound and image, so this experimental film was never released to paying audiences ... and consequently (unlike many silent films which Dickson made for Edison at this time) it has no official title.
The silent image (recorded at 40 fps) has been in the Library of Congress for years, known to film historians as a mute curiosity.
This is one of the better Marion Davies talkies - and one of the few to allow her to exhibit her skill as a physical comedian which was so endearing in her silent films.
Gromit, who is a silent faithful dog and a loyal helper finds himself continuously thinking of innovative ways to save his master, from his radical crazy inventions going terribly wrong.
When your world is confined to a small Indian household, being a dutiful daughter-in-law to a silent but observant still powerful matriarch, a dutiful wife of 13 years to a man who has taken a vow of celibacy due to your not being able to have a child, a man who only wants you lying next to him to prove his strength in eliminating his desires.
This is one of L&H's shorts most frequently cited as the first "real" L&H teaming and perhaps one of their best silent features.
Most of the silent films I've seen have been serious in nature, so it was fun to see one with a comic touch.
Recently released onto video and disc, this is one of the ten best examples of silent screen comedy and should be seen by audiences of all ages.
Three-time BAFTA nominated Rowan Atkinson stars as the almost silent (miming) human looking alien dropped onto Earth causing chaos and mischief wherever he goes.
Greta Garbo even mentioned to the press that the German film was her favorite where she had to make the change from Silent films to sound.
Marion originated this role on Broadway in 1922 and also played it in the 1923 silent version with Blanche Sweet.
It was surprising that a silent film could be so easy to watch.
When I first saw Colleen Moore it was in the excellent series about silent films called "Hollywood".
Then I saw her fabulous silent comedy work in films like "Ella Cinders" and "Orchids and Ermine".
For those of you looking for the crazy stunts that typified a Harold Lloyd silent comedy, this is not the film for you.
This is one of the best films I've seen from the silent era (sad to say, I've yet to see too many with the exception of Chaplin/Keaton stuff).
The hundreds of other audience members were deadly silent.
I have always been fascinated by silent films.
but the movie was true enough to matter - while i've never lived in a home or assisted residence, there were plenty of times throughout the movie where i found myself nodding and saying to myself "yeah, that's true.... that's happened to me...." what impressed me is that some of the commentors on this board expressed the fact that the movie made them view life a little differently and with a little more insight as the lives of a silent 'minority' - can't ask more than that out of a movie, that it makes you think and view life differently, so by virtue of that alone, the movies was tremendously successful.
But the silent black man is great too.
We all thought it would be like "a Canadian American Pie" but when we watched it we were completely surprised, we were all silent throughout the movie and loved it!
Silent historical drama based on the story of Anne Boleyn, newly arrived lady-in-waiting to the Queen who catches the lustful eye of Henry VIII, bad-tempered King of England who loves to feast, drink, hunt, be entertained by his court jester, watch jousts, and chase around after young beauties who jump out of cakes and assorted attractive females around the castle.
To my eternal shame, I've never seen a silent movie - not even the mother of all vampire movies, "Nosferatu".
This is genuinely funny as well as being a stunning introduction to the world of the silent comedies.
In fact, it is now more available with two other medium sized silent Chaplin features (A DOG'S LIFE, and THE PILGRIM) that Chaplin re-released in the 1950s.
It was based on a silent movie called "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton.
What follows is a recreation of the silent film era and early sound movies with great emphasis on comedy.
It must be emphasized that this movie is a story 1st, not just a tribute to silent films.
What is special about this film, though, is recreating silent movies in 1939.
One of the greatest in the silent era, Buster Keaton, who at this point was on an uphill climb, is used superbly in 2 silent film recreated scenes and he is on the top of his game!
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