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A
local museum was featuring silent movies and was showing a black
and white movie and it was impressive. The entire look was great, the actor and actress had
great screen presence, and the set was believable, and more
shockingly, the fact it was silent required certain acting
elements from the actors that made you become engaged in their
“silent” story.
Imagine
speaking actors today doing the same thing and it would almost
be comic—because it would be difficult to see them move
backwards in time to that era—although for actors today this
would be a great, insurmountable challenge.
So it took a
certain kind of talent, expression, and likable presence to
shine as one of the early silent movie stars. When you see a gallery, there was a certain kind of look
that appealed to audiences at that time.
 Douglas Fairbanks
 Greta Garbo
Go to these
pages to see their names and pictures. Well organized: http://www.silentladies.com/Ladies.html
This site
shows there was also a “Harrison Ford” movie star: http://www.vernacularphotography.com/Silent%20Movie%20Stars.htm
movie stars index
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