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Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical silent comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in summer 1976.
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of inter- title cards .
Jun 16, 1976 · Silent Movie: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, mime and title cards.
In this dialogue-free slapstick comedy, film director Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) travels to the ailing Big Picture Studios to pitch his comeback film: the first feature-length silent movie...
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100 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Sherlock Jr. 1924 45m Passed. 8.2 (58K) Rate. A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch. Director Buster Keaton Stars Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Joe Keaton. 2. The Crowd. 1928 1h 38m Not Rated.
Enter Mel Funn (Brooks), a once-talented director whose career was cut short by drunkenness, who vows to save the studio by convincing Hollywood's biggest stars to make a silent movie.
Apr 19, 2024 · The challenge of visual storytelling without sound pushed filmmakers to find new ways to tell stories and communicate ideas. This list is an attempt to highlight the best silent films, not the...
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.
Apr 14, 2018 · Every movie fan can use a primer on the earliest essentials of cinema. Well, you're in luck; here's the tl;dr version of the silent film era.
