silent era

collocation in English

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silent
adjective
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/ˈsaɪ.lənt/us
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/
without ...
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era
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪə.rə/us
/ˈer.ə/us
/ˈɪr.ə/
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development ...
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(Definition ofsilentanderafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is chronologically limited, occurring primarily in thesilenteraand in some classical sound films.
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Many titles come from the earlysilenterawhere information needed painstaking reassembly.
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Yet surprisingly, some films of operas in the so-called 'silentera' were not in fact silent after all.
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Let us begin with the meaning of silence in thesilentera, since silent films were silent only with regard to the human voice and its speech.
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He is also the only filmmaker whose active career has spanned from thesilenterato the digital age.
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During thesilenterait featured a full orchestra.
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He was a popular member of the gang during the latesilentera(19271929), often donning an oversized bowler hat.
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He was also a screenwriter of thesilentera.
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Zubeida was one of the few actresses to make a successful transition from thesilenterato the talkies.
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Rediscovered during the 1970s, the film has become regarded as a great little masterpiece of thesilentera.
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The company distributed almost 2,200silenteramotion pictures over its three year existence.
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She starred in shorter films in the earlysilenterabetween 1913 and 1915.
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Western films were enormously popular in thesilentera.
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Partly because it was the first film that touched the subject since the 1920ssilentera.
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As an actor, he was known for the nearly 100 films he was in during thesilentera.
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Many former stars from thesilenterastill lived in them, although most were no longer involved in the film business.
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We used a lot of the techniques of thesilentera, irising in and out of scenes.
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He was active mainly in thesilentera.
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During thesilenteraprojectors were commonly fitted with 3-bladed shutters.
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For a listing of notablesilenterafilms, see "list of years in film" for the years between the beginning of film and 1928.
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