How some cool silent film effects were done
Comparing the 1925 silent version of Ben-Hur with the 1959 remake
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film, made in late 1894 or early 1895, is the first known film with live-recorded sound. For all of the silent era it was possible to make movies with sound, but it took about 30 years to figure out a way to keep the sound in sync with the picture
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Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) is believed to be the oldest surviving film
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High Treason (1929) is a British science-fiction film that imagines life in the futuristic year 1950
Silent Movie YouTube Channels?
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The Dancing Pig (1907)
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Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Who should have won the 1st Academy Awards (1929)?
Safety Last is interesting to me because it shows a small glimpse of life in those days. (Possible Spoliers)
Did actors actually say lines in silent films?
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Martin Scorsese used At the Foot of the Flatiron (1903) as a reference when making The Age of Innocence (1993)
Shots from silent films that were inspired by paintings
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Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929)
Roscoe Arbuckle mailing a letter in The Hayseed (1919)
7th Heaven (1927), directed by Frank Borzage
Any silent films with impressive dance sequences?