Silent Film Quotes

“The music has to tell you what the characters are feeling, because they can't tell you themselves in a silent film.”

“I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an international language.”

“There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world. But that wasn't good enough for them. Oh, no! They had to have the ears of the world, too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk, talk, talk!”

“It is a pity that this is not a talking picture, for I am simply bubbling over with good things to say.”