A silent 1930s film observing the daily life and survival of grasshoppers. Close-ups highlight anatomy, life cycle, and encounters with predators, blending documentary realism with surreal imagery.

I think the big stereotype that people have about silent film actually was created in the 1930s. When sound comes in any kind of new technology that comes in immediately.

Dennis Wolkowicz,. pipe organist and silent-film aficionado who ran two Northwest Side theaters, has died.

Rare footage of a 1933 flight from Renfrew Airport to Belfast by a pioneering Scottish female pilot is to be set to live music at a silent film festival.

Nearly a century after the first "talkies" displaced silent movies, London enthusiasts still gather to celebrate them. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A silent-era star, Griffith was nominated for Best Actress at the second-ever Academy Awards, in 1930. But as silent films gave way to sound, she was forced to leave the screen behind.

The black and white silent movie flickered into life as the pianist started up with a dramatic flourish. Cue the latest exploits of daring master criminal "Three-Fingered Kate".

The silent movie era is generally considered to have begun in 1894. By the early 1930s it had had its day. The first feature-length sound film "The Jazz Singer" was released in 1927, kickstarting ...

By 1930, silent films had died out in America and across Europe, as well as other parts of the world. However, while mainstream viewers were enjoying the new sound films, talkies, a small ...

Locally made silent movies — screened weekly for live audiences — are the star at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.

Like many silent film stars, the transition to sound proved difficult, and by the early 1930s, she had retired from acting.