Yes
Well no one actually invented silent films people just never made silent films ever only very few silent films were made for the deaf most of them were old so they neeeded rest and din't quite watch films that much)
silent films.
there are 221 including all the silent films.
'Wings' won the very first Best Picture Oscar and is the only silent film to have done so.
Really, all of the early ones. Silent films were the only films available for a long time. The new media of film fascinated many people when it was first introduced.
Silent Films - 2008 was released on: USA: 2008
In a silent room
Black & White came first. There are a few films where the frames were hand-colored.
The silent films were invented in the 1915's.
Nosferatu.
Yes
In silent films, there was no sound, so the cinema had a piano or organ player playing live in the cinema.
No, Hitchcock made non-speaking cameos in many of his films but was never an actor in silent films.
Yes, there were actually many fires that destroyed many silent films. In the early age of films, the projectors were subject to extreme heat and often caught on fire and damaged the films.
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