Silent film era

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:characteristic absence of synchronized recorded sound
use of intertitles
gptkbp:endDate late 1920s
gptkbp:followedBy sound film era
gptkbp:genre drama
horror
slapstick comedy
historical epic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Silent film era
gptkbp:medium gptkb:film
gptkbp:notableActor gptkb:Greta_Garbo
gptkb:Gloria_Swanson
gptkb:John_Barrymore
gptkb:Douglas_Fairbanks
gptkb:Louise_Brooks
gptkb:Clara_Bow
gptkb:Rudolph_Valentino
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkb:Conrad_Veidt
gptkb:Lon_Chaney
gptkbp:notableCountry gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Erich_von_Stroheim
gptkb:Abel_Gance
gptkb:Georges_Méliès
gptkb:King_Vidor
gptkb:Cecil_B._DeMille
gptkb:Sergei_Eisenstein
gptkb:F.W._Murnau
gptkb:Oscar_Micheaux
gptkbp:notableEvent introduction of Vitaphone
release of The Jazz Singer
rise of Hollywood studio system
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:D.W._Griffith
gptkb:Charlie_Chaplin
gptkb:Mary_Pickford
gptkb:Buster_Keaton
gptkb:Harold_Lloyd
gptkbp:notableFilm gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:The_Gold_Rush
gptkb:The_General
gptkb:The_Birth_of_a_Nation
gptkb:Nosferatu
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Paramount_Pictures
gptkb:Universal_Pictures
gptkb:Biograph_Company
gptkb:Keystone_Studios
gptkbp:precededBy early cinema
gptkbp:startDate 1890s
gptkbp:technology live musical accompaniment
hand-cranked cameras
intertitles
tinting and toning
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clara_Shelley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5