silent film
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English
Noun
silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)
- (cinematography, retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
- Synonym: (contemporary) photoplay
- 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:
- Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.
Translations
film without sound
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