… the visual language of the silent screen. "The Russian Jew, the German, the Austrian or the
… one labor daily in 1913, "goes to the motion picture theaters because what he sees on the …

… the height of the silent era than they have been at any other time since. Female filmgoers
dominated at the box office; the … ; writers shaping film culture through the growing art of movie …

… band struck up a lively air and from overhead could be heard a whirring noise that lasted
for a few moments; then there flashed upon the screen the life-size figures of two dancing girls …

… should be noted at the outset that the western is one of the genres most inextricably bound …
the film industry’s move west in the silent era echoed the nation’s settlement of the West in the …

… where filmmakers challenged the accepted role of text … the story of these experiments, the
writing on the screen that played an essential role in developing the unique character of silent …

… same time, exhibitors were cautioned not to let ushers and accompanists inside the theater
compete with the entertainment on-screen; ushers should be “attractive, but not too pretty,” …

… of the Annales school found the texture of history in the daily fabric of common lives, rather
than in the exceptional existence of the ruling class, so I find the … that the actions on the screen …

… the blank screen is the object of prime concern on which the narrative is predicated, I intend
to examine the … triggered by the cyber event, and how the overwhelming silent presence of …

… Early screen actors, I contend, had numerous theatrical models of the forceful and the natural
… Our response to experiencing early screen acting might be to marvel at how effectively the …

… its practices, we might analyse the remaining written evidence of admired screen ideas in …
mainly responsible for the brilliant result upon the screen. Quite in the Griffith manner is his …