71. This article discusses the dance-film genre, which dates to D.W. Griffith, who chose dancers for his films because choreography was so important to silent films. 72. Using widescreen Cinemascope to accent vast vistas, directors Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook approached Spirit like a silent film, relying on the strengths of visual narrative. 73. Where the main Hollywood studios have most clearly dropped the ball is in their preservation of silent films. 74. Who better to play the butler to a washed-up star than a washed-up silent film director? 75. Parts of eight others remain on silent film. 76. Both are silent films looped together for visitors to watch. 77. A brilliantly maneuvered silent film. 78. A multitude of Web sites devoted to silent films has sprung up in the past several years. 79. Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. will be entombed alongside his late father, the swashbuckling star of silent films, at Hollywood Forever cemetery. 80. Bombal believes silent films are unlike any other theatrical offering, combining film with live music in pomp and bombast. |