The Silent Films Era The term silent film is a retronym—a term created to retroactively distinguish something from later developments. Early sound films, starting with The Jazz Singer in 1927, were variously referred to as the "talkies", "sound films", or "talking pictures". The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is older than film (it was suggested almost immediately after Edison introduced the phonograph in 1877), and some early experiments had the projectionist manually adj

160K views · 5.2K reactions | An exquisite ‘Silent Night’, performed by The VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra.  Conducted by Barnaby Smith with Jack Liebeck as soloist, this world premiere of Taylor Scott Davis's arrangement is the first concert in the LIVE From London Christmas 2021 festival. Buy your tickets here  https://clssicfm.co/2KbNy16 Classic FM | The Home of Christmas Music | Classic FM | Facebook

23K views · 580 reactions | Our first #SilentSundayNights of the year begins with MGM's SHOW PEOPLE ('28). One of the biggest hits among Marion Davies' silent pictures, the film parodies its own industry and features cameos of some if its biggest stars. See it tomorrow night with TCM Host Jacqueline Stewart. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook