Remaining silent : The ongoing presence of silent films on
cinema programmes in Brno between 1930 and 1936

J 2022

Remaining silent : The ongoing presence of silent films on cinema programmes in Brno between 1930 and 1936

VEČEŘA, Michal

Basic information

Original name

Remaining silent : The ongoing presence of silent films on cinema programmes in Brno between 1930 and 1936

Authors

VEČEŘA, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Images (Poland), Poland, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2022, 1731-450X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60405 Studies on Film, Radio and Television

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00127735

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/i.2022.41.04

Keywords in English

film distribution; silent cinema; 1930s; Brno

Abstract

V originále

The production of silent films in Czechoslovakia ended shortly after the advent of sound technology at the very end of the 1920s. The number of available silent films steadily decreased from that point on, yet some cinemas decided to continue to include them in their programming, even though they had sound equipment. The article analyses the scheduling of silent films in the specific case of two cinemas from the periphery of Brno, the second-largest city in Czechoslovakia. On the exhibitors’ side, there was a visible tendency to screen films 1) approximately two years from the premiere and 2) older with renowned stars or plot. This surprising presence of silent films in cinemas leads to the question: “Why were they still scheduled”? The answer lies both in the cinema owners, for whom silent films were a cheaper commodity, and in the audiences, who did not necessarily demand screenings of new sound films.

Links

MUNI/A/1422/2021, interní kód MU

Name: Koncept udržitelnosti v dějinách kinematografie

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

VEČEŘA, Michal. Remaining silent : The ongoing presence of silent films on cinema programmes in Brno between 1930 and 1936. Images (Poland). Poland: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2022, vol. 32, No 41, p. 65-78. ISSN 1731-450X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14746/i.2022.41.04.

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VEČEŘA, Michal. Remaining silent : The ongoing presence of silent films on cinema programmes in Brno between 1930 and 1936. \textit{Images (Poland)}. Poland: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2022, vol.~32, No~41, p.~65-78. ISSN~1731-450X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14746/i.2022.41.04.

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