Silent movies are dialogue-free movies generally of the early movie era, though some attempts to make them recently have been pursued. Could also refer to the film of the same name from 1976 by Mel Brooks, whose plot outlines comedically the pursuit of making a silent film as a director's artistic ...
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How to find the script (screenplay) of old silent movies?
I'm trying to find the script of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, and it seems that nobody has it on the internet.
Is there a movie database out there from which I can get the text of old movies ...
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Why does Hutter alone survive the vampire bite?
In the German silent film Nosferatu (1922), the vampire Count Orlok bites the guy Hutter.
But then how come he alone survives while all the other people who have been bitten by that vampire die?
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How can I find out if a movie/series is still restricted by copyright?
My understanding is that determining copyright is not always as simple as adding a number of years to the date a movie was first released/a series was first aired.
What resources are there to ...
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What was the first film to have a fight on top of a moving train?
The earliest I could locate was a Mexican film El Tren fantasma as described here.
The General (1926) starring Buster Keaton was known for its action in a train, but I am unable to reliably establish ...
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Silent film created after 1990
As we know, "The Artist" was recognized as the best film of 2012 in the Oscar Awards.
Is this the first try to create silent film in last 20 years or have there been silent films made without such ...
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Origin of the Mustache Twirling Villain
Whenever someone thinks about silent cinema the image of the laughing villain, twirling his mustache, and tying the hapless blonde beauty to the railroad, pops up in our collective memory. But in ...
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Why did Hel get cut from the American version of Metropolis?
In the American cut of Metropolis the mentioning of Hel is completely removed from the movie. But it pretty much explains Dr. Rotwangs actions. Why was such an important story-element taken away?
