American silent cinema

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cinema movement film era

American silent cinema refers to the era of U.S. filmmaking from the late 19th century to the late 1920s, characterized by films without synchronized recorded sound that helped establish Hollywood as a global center of movie production and storytelling.

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American silent film industry	4
Hollywood silent era	2
Hollywood silent film industry	2
Silent film era	2
American silent film era	1
Silent Era	1
silent era of Hollywood	1
silent film era	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cinema movement ⓘ film era ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicImpact	growth of studio system ⓘ mass entertainment industry in the United States ⓘ
endTime	late 1920s ⓘ
followedBy	American sound cinema ⓘ Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	absence of synchronized recorded dialogue ⓘ black-and-white cinematography ⓘ development of continuity editing ⓘ emphasis on visual storytelling ⓘ live musical accompaniment in theaters ⓘ use of close-ups and cross-cutting ⓘ use of exaggerated acting styles ⓘ use of intertitles ⓘ use of tinting and toning of film stock ⓘ
helpedEstablish	Hollywood as global film capital ⓘ
industryCenter	Fort Lee, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	European cinema ⓘ global film language ⓘ
influencedBy	literature ⓘ stage melodrama ⓘ vaudeville ⓘ
majorGenre	adventure film ⓘ historical epic ⓘ melodrama ⓘ romance ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ western ⓘ
notableFigure	Buster Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Cecil B. DeMille NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ D. W. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Fairbanks NERFINISHED ⓘ Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolph Valentino NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStudio	Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	early cinema ⓘ
regulatoryContext	emergence of local censorship boards ⓘ pre-Hays Code era ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ
technologicalContext	transition from nickelodeons to movie palaces ⓘ
transitionDrivenBy	introduction of synchronized sound-on-film ⓘ
transitionPeriod	mid- to late 1920s ⓘ
typicalRunningTime	feature-length films by 1910s ⓘ short films in early years ⓘ
usesMedium	35 mm film ⓘ

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