Word info

silent film

Noun

Meaning

silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)

(cinematography, retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Synonym: (contemporary) photoplay

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film. Catherine Deneuve

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. Pedro Almodóvar

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking. Sami Gayle

The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era. Nick Turse

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body. Helena Christensen

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid. Jean Dujardin

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