This idiom dates back to Hollywood in the 1920s and the time of silent movies.

这个习语可以追溯到 20 世纪 20 年代好莱坞，那是声电影时代。

Silent movies? -Is there another kind? -Hmm?

声电影？-还有别吗？-嗯？

This was home to silent films and talkies came in.

这里是声电影和对讲机故乡。

The movie began as a silent film but was turned to sound film during production.

这部电影一开始是一部声电影，但在制作过程中变成了有声电影。

Norma Desmond is an aging and forgotten silent film star.

诺玛·戴斯蒙德是一位上了年纪、被众人所遗声电影明星。

And as the Duke summary points out, the public domain frees archivists to preserve and redistribute works that might otherwise be lost, like a wealth of silent films (including Metropolis) whose copyright is definitively expiring this year.

正如杜克大学总结所，公有领域让档案工作者可以保存和重新发表原本可能丢失作品，比如大量声电影（包括《大都会》），它们版权肯定会在今年到期。

Before that, they were called silent films, but then when movies came out where people could actually talk on screen and you could hear other sounds, they called those types of movies talkies.

在此之前， 它们被称为声电影，但后来当电影中人物真能在屏幕上说话， 并且你能听到其他声音时，人们就把这种类型电影称为有声电影。

Yeah, he loves you know the Falconetti shots, in passion of Joan of Arc which is beautiful masterpiece of, you know, silent cinema.

是，他喜欢法尔科内蒂镜头语言，很喜欢《圣女贞德》，这是声电影美丽杰作。

This week, we'll look backward, to the beginning of the nineteen twenties – the Jazz Age, flapper, silent movies, more automobiles on the streets...

本周，我们将回顾20世纪20年代初期，爵士乐时代、新潮女郎、声电影，街道上更多汽车等等。

My favorite movie is Sunrise, Sunrise, one of the last silent films, to me it is one of the greatest silent films.

我最喜欢电影是《日》，它是其中最后一部声电影，对我来说它是最伟大声电影之一。

His first version of the historic film The Ten Commandments was a huge success among silent films in nineteen twenty-three.

他历史电影首个版本《十诫》是1923年声电影中一个大成功。

Jan Hooks had a wide smile and expressive blue eyes and eye brows that conjured up the silent movie era.

珍·胡克斯常常笑脸盈盈，她长着一双蓝眼睛，一副能让人想起声电影时代眉毛。

Professor Huth showed us what happened when he watched a movie with no sound while his brain was scanned.

Huth教授向我们展示了当他在看声电影同时对他大脑进行扫描时会发生什么。

He said, 'It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films! ' The audience howled with laughter.

“看来，他不愧是从声电影起步啊！”观众们大笑。

When Crystal was the host of the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor, who had acted in films before they had sound, gave a speech.

克里斯托主持2004年奥斯卡颁奖庆典时，一位演过声电影老演员发表了感言。

Charlie Chaplin rose to fame during the silent film age in the 1920s.

查理卓别林在 20 年代声电影时代声名鹊起。

I love movies and all the way back to the silent era.

我喜欢电影，从声电影时代开始就是如此。

In silent films like this, they may start looking around the title cards.

在这样声电影中，他们可能会开始留意字幕卡。

Before the late 1920s, most movies were silent movies.

在 20 年代后期之前，大多数电影都是声电影。

The film was made as a homage to old silent movies.

这部电影是向早期声电影致敬而拍摄。