silents
Pre-talkie cinema era
Silent films—movies made before synchronized sound became standard in the late 1920s.
Dialogue appeared as intertitles between scenes, and live musicians often accompanied screenings.
She's a scholar of the silents.
The term usually appears with the article: the silents, the era of the silents.
Movies with audible dialogue
- intertitlesText frames in silent films
- ChaplinSilent-era film comedian
- KeatonHollywood surname, multiple stars
- ValentinoSilent era matinee idol
Pickford · Fairbanks · Nosferatu · Metropolis · nickelodeon · flickers · cinematograph · slapstick
State of calm stillness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- calmFree from agitation
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
hush · stillness · repose · placidity · restfulness · soundlessness · noiselessness · lull
Having no voice
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- muteWithout voice or sound
- nonverbalNot using speech
- speechlessUnable to talk
unspoken · soundless · inaudible · aphonic · tongue-tied · gestural · sign-language · mutism
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
sneaky · undercover · incognito · undetected · unseen · invisible · camouflaged · ninja
talkies
Movies with audible dialogue
- intertitlesText frames in silent films
- ChaplinSilent-era film comedian
- KeatonHollywood surname, multiple stars
Pickford · Valentino · Fairbanks · Nosferatu · Metropolis · nickelodeon · flickers · cinematograph · slapstick · pantomime
quietude
State of calm stillness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- calmFree from agitation
peace · hush · stillness · repose · placidity · restfulness · soundlessness · noiselessness · lull · undisturbed
voiceless
Having no voice
speechless · unspoken · soundless · inaudible · aphonic · tongue-tied · gestural · sign-language · mutism · dumbstruck
covert
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
stealthy · sneaky · undercover · incognito · undetected · unseen · invisible · camouflaged · ninja · infiltrator
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- silent treatmentRefusing to speak
- dead silenceTotal absence of sound
- in silenceWithout audible expression
- moment of silenceBrief silent tribute
- fall silentStop producing sound
- awkward silenceUncomfortable lull in conversation