1.   At sixteen I discovered an old man who exhibited silent films in villages.

2.   But it was used earlier still in silent films, for telephone conversations.

3.   Callista Card is an expert in silent films.

4.   Tears rose haphazardly to her eyes as she watched the sequence of silent film Alexei showed her in the now darkened room.

5.   The Hollywood connection goes back even further, in fact, to the early days of silent film.

6.   Much early archive film is silent film.

7.   After becoming the first Miss World, Alice appeared in two British silent films.

8.   And the kind of thing they made of course erm were just short moments of motion, short silent films which showed action which lasted about a minute.

9.   Almereyda seems to be aiming for a silent film expressionism, mixed with deadpan attitude.