| 单词 | silent film |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilent film e. Of a film: not accompanied by synchronized recorded sound or dialogue; spec. belonging to a genre of film typical in the early 20th cent. before the invention of talkies, as in silent film, silent movie. Also: of or relating to this film genre. Opposed to talkie n.Silent films commonly used title cards to express dialogue or to explain the plot, and were sometimes accompanied by live music or narration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > silent silent1900 1900 Era 17 Nov. 30/4 (advt.) The phono-bio-tableaux. The Greatest and Most Wonderful Invention ever yet attained in Animated Photography... No longer a Silent Picture. 1918 N.Y. Times 25 Nov. 11/3 (heading) Two opera stars in silent films. 1931 B. Brown Talking Pictures i. 20 Showing talking pictures demanded skill and a degree of knowledge far in advance of what was adequate for the silent screen. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 59 He was married to one of the big silent stars. 1977 R. Barnard Death on High C's ii. 19 In Owen's production..you will be the silent-film heroine, and I will be the silent-film handsome seducer. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 12/2 Soon the silent movies..were even more popular than music halls or theater. < as lemmas |
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