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The term silent film is a retronym—a term created to retroactively distinguish something from later developments. Early sound films, starting with The Jazz Singer in 1927, were variously referred to as the "talkies", "sound films", or "talking pictures".
List of lost films; List of lost silent films (1910–1914) List of lost silent films (1915–1919) List of lost silent films (1920–1924) List of lost silent films (1925–1929) List of incomplete or partially lost films; List of lost or unfinished animated films; List of rediscovered films; List of rediscovered film footage
American silent film directors (1 C, 145 P) Silent American drama films (6 C, 3,870 P) F. Silent American fantasy films (27 P) American silent feature films (6,783 P) H.
Silent films with original scores (3 P) Silent film studios (6 C, 44 P) T. Transitional sound films (3 C, 106 P)
Sound film remakes of silent films (376 P) Silent film people (7 C, 14 P) M. Silent film music (12 P) S. Silent film studios (6 C, 44 P) V. Silent film videos (3 F)
Many films of the silent era have been lost. [1] The Library of Congress estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. About 10,919 American silent films were produced, but only 2,749 of them still exist in some complete form, either as an original American 35mm version, a foreign release, or as a lower-quality copy.
Silent comedy is a style of film, related to but distinct from mime, developed to bring comedy into the medium of film during the silent film era (1900s–1920s), before synchronized soundtracks that could include dialogue were technologically available for the majority of films. While silent comedy is still practiced today, albeit much less ...
Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in Yorkshire on 14 October 1888. [1] It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888. [2]