The end of the silent movie era
By 1929, “silent cinema” had become an international language. The film, shot in Germany, could be understood and felt, both in America and in Europe. But the appearance of the phone required the movie to "speak." Will “talking films” destroy the international language? Will they sweep away everything that cinema learned in the era of "silent cinema"? This did not happen right away. For a while, “silent films” existed in parallel with “speakers.” Two years earlier, with the release of "The Jazz Singer" (1927), sound cinema came to America...