silent picture

English

Noun

silent picture (plural silent pictures)

  1. Synonym of silent film.
    • 1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
      In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate.
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