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silent Cinema 1. denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed 2. a silent film How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And this noisiness, this exultation at the moment of the ship's departure, make a tremendous contrast to the silent moments of her arrival in a foreign roadstead - the silent moments when, stripped of her sails, she forges ahead to her chosen berth, the loose canvas fluttering softly in the gear above the heads of the men standing still upon her decks, the master gazing intently forward from the break of the poop. Save for such, that big area of common was silent and desolate, and the charred bodies lay about on it all night under the stars, and all the next day. Denham found himself sitting silent, rejecting possible things to say, beside Katharine, who was silent too. |
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