Chapter 7: Silent Film’s Use of Text
These clips demonstrate the way information is either gien to us or suggested to us through the interpolation of intertitles.
Excerpt from The Evidence of the Film (1914), made by the Thanhouser Film Corp.
Excerpt from Local Showers (1916), written and directed by Louis Myll, and starring Harry Watson, Jr.
(…coming soon…)
Excerpt from Orphans of the Storm (1921), directed by D.W. Griffith.
(musical score by Ben Model, recorded live in performance at the Alden Theater in McLean VA)