A War Time Escape is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark and Robert Vignola in the leading roles.
Gene Gauntier and Jack J. Clark (embracing), Robert Vignola (right)
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound. Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed
A still from 1921's The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of the highest-grossing silent films
Aziza Amir in Laila (1927)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) used stylized inter-titles.
Lillian Gish, the "First Lady of the American Cinema", was a leading star in the silent era with one of the longest careers—1912 to 1987.