The musicians who made silence sing — finally getting their spotlight.
In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation of movie-goers. Arthur Kleiner converses with the still-living legends from that bygone golden age of cinema.
Direction
Blackwood lets legends speak without overproducing.
Production
Rare 1976 footage of silent era survivors.
Director
Christian Blackwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arthur Kleiner was the Museum of Modern Art's first silent film pianist starting in 1940, making him uniquely positioned to interview his own predecessors.
By 1976, most silent film musicians had already died; this documentary captures final testimonies from a profession that vanished almost overnight with 'The Jazz Singer' in 1927.
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