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Pretty much every theater showing silent films had an instrument, usually a piano, playing music during each film. Usually the player would just improvise music based on what appeared on the screen, sometimes a film maker would write music for the player to play. As one studio exec noted, there never was a truly "silent" film.
Because doing the latter meant more control over (and money from) his films, Chaplin often wrote musical scores for the films he directed, produced, starred in, and wrote the screenplay for.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoTheaters where silent films where shown usually had musicians play as the film was running. A really good musician would be able to play music that went well with the action. But the films themselves had no sound recorded for them at all.
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∙ 14y agoYes he did, everyone in the entire world should hear his speech in The Great Dictator.
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∙ 11y agoYes. Sound began to appear in motion pictures in the late 1920s. Silent films, while still being made, would quickly disappear soon after.
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∙ 13y agoYes, but not until 1940. His frst talking movie was The Great Dictator (1940)
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∙ 12y agoFrom "Making a Living" (1914) to "Modern Times" (1936) which was sort of a hybrid silent, there are 81 silent films.
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∙ 11y ago"City Lights" (1931) was his first sound film.
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It was only in 1940 that he made his first talkie, The Great Dictator, his masterpiece satirising Hitler.
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What do you called early movies that were made without sound?
silent films.
What does the term 'talkies' mean?
A film with spoken dialogue as opposed to a silent film where the dialogue is on a card to be read.
What is the sound era?
Early movies, known as silent films, did not have sound, they consisted only of moving pictures. When movies began to be made with sound, the art of the motion picture entered the sound era.
Are Silent Films Ancient?
Yes
What can placards in silent movies be used for?
Since silent films had no sound, the cards were used for the dialogue. If you have some original cards now, you might consider auctioning them. A collector might be interested, especially if the film they came from can be verified.
How silent films made?
In the same way as any other film, but with no sound.
What has the author James Ross Cameron written?
James Ross Cameron has written: 'Servicing sound equipment' -- subject(s): Equipment and supplies, Silent films, Sound, Radio, Electricity, Television 'Sound motion pictures' -- subject(s): Sound, Silent films, Equipment and supplies 'Motion picture projection and sound pictures' -- subject(s): Sound, Equipment and supplies, Motion pictures, Sound motion pictures, Motion picture projection, Silent films 'Servicing motion picture sound equipment' -- subject(s): Silent films
How is the role of music in today's films different from the use of music in silent films?
In silent films, there was no sound, so the cinema had a piano or organ player playing live in the cinema.
What do you called early movies that were made without sound?
silent films.
Were silent films out in the 1930s?
Yes, but they were giving way to 'talkies'. Charles Chaplin made his last silent film, "Modern Times" in 1936. By then most films had sound.
What are talkis?
Talkies is what the people of the early 1930s called the sound films, as opposed to silent films."Talkies" is a now-obsolete term for moving pictures that have a sound track. Originally, moving pictures (movies) were silent. When sound was added, they were called "talkies." Since sound is now an essentially universal characteristic of motion pictures, there is no longer a need to distinguish films with sound from other films, so the word has fallen out of use.
What does the term 'talkies' mean?
A film with spoken dialogue as opposed to a silent film where the dialogue is on a card to be read.
How many Hitchcock films have sound?
Either 46 or 47 films - one 10-minute short film was lost. Blackmail (1929) had two versions, one with sound and one silent. There were also 2 French propaganda films for World War 2 released with sound.
Why are black and white films silent?
The process for color film had not been invented yet. A few silent films had scenes where the frames were hand colored but that was a very tedius method.
What is the sound era?
Early movies, known as silent films, did not have sound, they consisted only of moving pictures. When movies began to be made with sound, the art of the motion picture entered the sound era.
What are the release dates for Silent Films - 2008?
Silent Films - 2008 was released on: USA: 2008
What year did sound come in to television?
The broadcast of sound preceded the broadcast of television, therefore the first public television broadcast came with sound (not like the first films which were indeed silent).
