Silent movies were a great source of entertainment during the early 1900s, but when sound was added the film industry was revolutionized. It only took two years after The Jazz Singer, the first film with spoken lines, for the silent film era to end. It showed the viewers that there was no reason for silent movies. Big names in silent film making, like Charlie Chaplin, thought “talkies” ruined the film industry. Sound changed the way we watch movies for the better. Sound helps its viewers follow and understand the film easier. There are a lot of narrative limitations when it comes to silent film. It’s much more straightforward when you can listen to characters talking in order to know what is going on. In silent films you have to read short
