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You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.
Ernst Lubitsch

Meaning of "silent screen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SILENT SCREEN

silent screen  [ˈsaɪlənt skriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SILENT SCREEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Silent screen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SILENT SCREEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of silent screen in the English dictionary

The definition of silent screen in the dictionary is the silent screen silent films, considered as a whole.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SILENT SCREEN


choir-screen
ˈkwaɪəˌskriːn
flatscreen
ˈflætˌskriːn
flyscreen
ˈflaɪˌskriːn
Hippocrene
ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn
multiscreen
ˈmʌltɪˌskriːn
off-screen
ˌɒfˈskriːn
on-screen
ˌɒnˈskriːn
paracrine
ˈpærəˌkriːn
prescreen
priːˈskriːn
quinacrine
ˈkwɪnəˌkriːn
rescreen
riːˈskriːn
screen
skriːn
silkscreen
ˈsɪlkskriːn
skreen
skriːn
sunscreen
ˈsʌnˌskriːn
superscreen
ˈsuːpərˌskriːn
tacrine
ˈtækriːn
telescreen
ˈtɛlɪˌskriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn
windscreen
ˈwɪndˌskriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SILENT SCREEN

silen
silence
silenced
silencer
silene
Sileni
silent
silent cop
silent killer
silent majority
silent partner
silent revolution
silent witness
silentiary
silently
silentness
Silenus
siler
silesia

WORDS THAT END LIKE SILENT SCREEN

big screen
blue screen
computer screen
display screen
fire screen
flat screen
fluorescent screen
green
plasma screen
radar screen
safety screen
shower screen
silver screen
small screen
smoke screen
split screen
television screen
the screen
the silver screen
touch screen
video screen

Synonyms and antonyms of silent screen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «silent screen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SILENT SCREEN

Find out the translation of silent screen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of silent screen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «silent screen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无声的画面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cine mudo
570 millions of speakers

English

silent screen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूक स्क्रीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشاشة الصامتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

немого кино
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cinema mudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীরব পর্দা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cinéma muet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skrin senyap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stummfilm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サイレントスクリーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자동 화면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layar bisu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màn hình im lặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைதியாக திரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूक स्क्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sessiz ekran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cinema muto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cichy ekran
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

німого кіно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ecran tăcut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιωπηλή οθόνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stil skerm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tyst skärm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

silent Screen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of silent screen

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SILENT SCREEN»

The term «silent screen» is regularly used and occupies the 92.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SILENT SCREEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «silent screen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «silent screen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about silent screen

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QUOTES WITH «SILENT SCREEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word silent screen.
1
Ernst Lubitsch
You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SILENT SCREEN»

Discover the use of silent screen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to silent screen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Legends of the silent screen: a collection of U.S. postage ...
Profiles nine actors and actresses and one comic ensemble from the silent screen era sketched by Al Hirschfeld for a commemorative stamp series.
Charles Champlin, Linda Klinger, Al Hirshfeld, 1994
2
Black manhood on the silent screen
Black Manhood on the Silent Screen is unique in that it takes contemporary and original film theory, applies it to the distinctive body of African American independent films in the silent era, and relates the meaning of these films to ...
Gerald R. Butters, 2002
3
Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen
Traces the life of the legendary film star, from his impoverished childhood in England through his years of success in motion pictures in the United States to his exile in 1952.
Ruth Turk, 2000
4
Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery
"Charles Higham presents the most plausible and convincing solution to the mystery yet.
Charles Higham, 2006
5
New Women of the Silent Screen: China, Japan, Hollywood
The collection includes an essay on the actress Pearl White and how the emergence of the New Woman on Asian screens provoked extensive discussions in the media about the norms of gender and femininity.
Catherine Russell, 2006
6
From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen: A History of Cinema ...
Detailed and comprehensive, this book is the first survey of cinema exhibition in Britain from its inception until the present.
Stuart Hanson, 2007
7
The ultimate directory of the silent screen performers: a ...
Includes entries for some 7500 deceased actors as well as directors, producers, writers, politicians, and sports figures who appeared in silent films.
Billy H. Doyle, Anthony Slide, 1995
8
Three Classic Silent Screen Comedies Starring Harold Lloyd
Donald W. McCaffrey. period of time taken to set up the deception that is necessary to bring about a comic reversal. The use of the medium in the expository part of each film can also be seen in the use of titles. Titles are used more extensively ...
Donald W. McCaffrey, 1976
9
Theda Bara: A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, with a ...
Through contemporary newspaper accounts, film reviews, interviews and other sources, this is a comprehensive account of the life and times of one of Hollywood's first female stars.
Ronald Genini
10
Zara, Or, Who Killed the Queen of the Silent Screen?: A Full ...
A Full Length Play Angela Randazzo. Zara. How she gloated when she took you away from me... so easily. MAR/GIL. Sam... SAMANTHA. Oh, don't try to explain. You said someone was going to kill Zara tonight. Well, maybe I'll just finally do it.
Angela Randazzo, 1985

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SILENT SCREEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term silent screen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hollywood Then and Now: Looking For What's Left of the Silent
Inspired by the popularity of the Academy Award-nominated film "The Artist," the Associated Press takes a look at the remnants of the Silent Screen Era in Los ... «LAist, Feb 12»
2
The Artist: Silent film gem is the talk of Hollywood and could clean …
The Artist tells the story of a star of the silent screen in late Twenties Hollywood called George Valentin, (played by the unknown Jean Dujardin), a man who can't ... «Daily Mail, Jan 12»
3
Anita Page, star of silent screen, dies at 98
Her big break came in 1928 when she won a major role in "Our Dancing Daughters," a film that propelled both her and Crawford to stardom. Page was said to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 08»

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