11.   Among the works collected here are several plays and screenplays for silent films.

12.   Another influence that pulled him into the world of silent films was the screenings at the Museum of Modern Art.

13.   Both silent films will have live music accompaniment by Robert Israel.

14.   A six-part series produced by Channel Four in England explores silent film from social and political perspectives.

15.   Charlie Chaplin came out of this era of silent films and left his mark on the entertainment industry.

16.   Comedies, Model said, are great for pulling in new fans of silent films.

17.   Davis adapts some of the techniques of silent film, often substituting title cards for dialogue, for example, or shooting straightforwardly with a stationary camera.

18.   Each silent film at Cinefest was accompanied by a pianist who improvises scores to movies people had never seen before and will probably never see again.

19.   Early silent films barely had credits at all.

20.   Even more remarkable, he has accomplished all of this in a black-and-white silent film that is barely five minutes long.