Silent film era started in 1936.
 Three-point lighting, the close-up, long shot, panning, and continuity editing all became prevalent long before silent films were replaced by "talking pictures" or "talkies" in the late 1920s
 "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema prior to the invention of synchronized sound, but it also applies to such sound-era films as City Lights,, Modern Times, Silent Movie and The Artist, which are accompanied by a music-only soundtrack in place of dialogue

