Lure of Ambition is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Lawrence, and starring Theda Bara.
Newspaper ad for Lure of Ambition
Theda Bara as Olga Dolan in Lure of Ambition.
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.