Hollywood Silents
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Author of Hollywood Silents
        Most of the people and many of the buildings of Hollywood's silent era disappeared.  There is not much nostalgia in  real estate, and we all know that aging is limited.
    My first memory of watching a Silent Movie was Chaplin on television being threatened by the giants Mack Swain and Eric Campbell, accompanied by sounds of slide whistles and woodblocks.
    Silent comedy is often violent.  The best roundhouse punch was delivered by little Mabel Normand.  Some people claim she invented the pie in the face along with her friend Roscoe Arbuckle. Curiously, they both were murder suspects.
    Silent actors and actresses were very expressive visually.  The best were masters of body language,  the art of pantomime, and "learn to read eyes."
      So much of the old films have been lost.  What remains is often fragmented, scratched, blurred and otherwise worn.  But there is much to  admire in the work of many people of the Silent Era.   It was part of our ancestors' lives.  This webpage is a nod, a wink, and a tip of the derby hat to people out of the past.
 
That is Betty Bronson in the Background - great eyes.
 

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