SILENT MOVIES IN THE EARLY 1900’S

By: Mik Kloss.

HINT OF HISTORY

The first film was created by Louis Le Prince, in 1888. It was a two second film of people walking around in Oakwood Grange Garden. The clip was called, Roundhay Garden Scene.

The first films were shot at about 16-23 frames per second. Explains why people seem to “Glitch” and “Jerk” in silent movies.

PIONEERS

Of the many people working to develop motion pictures in the late 1800s, the most successful were Thomas Edison and William Dickson in America.

Films from the Silent Era

YEAR FILM DIRECTOR COUNTRY

1915 Birth of a Nation D. W. Griffith USA

1919 Broken Blossoms D. W. Griffith USA

1919 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene Germany

1922 Nosferatu F. W. Murnau Germany

1922 Nanook of the North Robert J. Flaherty USA

1924 The Last Laugh F. W. Murnau Germany

1925 Strike Sergei Eisenstein Russian

1925 Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein Russian

1925 The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin USA

1925 The Street of Sorrow G. W. Pabst Germany

1926 Metropolis Fritz Lang Germany

1927 Sunrise F. W. Murnau Germany

1929 The Blue Angel Josef Von Sternberg Germany

1930 All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone Germany

1931 M Fritz Lang Germany

1931 City Lights Charlie Chaplin USA

1936 Modern Times Charlie Chaplin USA

SILENT HORROR FILMS

The start of horror films really opened up the business of movie making. Horror films really got people hooked and brought it big money. From here movies became better as they got better story lines. For every person, there was at least one movie they could relate them selves to.

THE DEAF

The silent movie era represents the one brief time that deaf citizens had equal access to motion pictures; a cultural and popular medium that the United States and Hollywood have exported to the rest of the world.

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POP CULTURE?

Movies became extremely popular and grew into a huge business. And through the years movies only got better and better. And are a huge part of our society today.