Silent movie

A silent movie is a movie made without sound. Silent movies were made from the late 1880s to the early 1930s. They used early cameras that could not record sound. Either the movie was being made before sound cameras were invented, or the movie makers could not afford the expensive new equipment.

Charlie Chaplin was known as one of the best movie stars during "The Silent Era", as it's called today in movie history. Some silent stars also did well in sound movies. Popular silent movies include Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror, A Trip to the Moon, The General, and Metropolis.

Silent Movie Media

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  A still from 1921's The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of the highest-grossing silent films

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  Charlie Chaplin, widely acclaimed as one of the most iconic actors of the silent era, c. 1919

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  Horse in Motion - Sallie Gardner (animation)

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• A one-minute 1904 film by Edison Studios re-enacting the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, which occurred on 9 February that year off the coast of present-day Incheon, South Korea

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  Aziza Amir in Laila (1927)

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  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) used stylized inter-titles.

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  Lillian Gish, the "First Lady of the American Cinema", was a leading star in the silent era with one of the longest careers—1912 to 1987.

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  Lon Chaney (active 1913–1930) was one of the most talented silent character actors of all time. His unique ability to transform into the most physically grotesque characters earned him the universal name, "Man of a Thousand Faces".

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  Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière, France. Such cameras had no audio recording devices built into the cameras.