A History of Silent Best Picture Nominees
By Rhett Bartlett
2010 Honorary Oscar recipient Kevin Brownlow once wrote ’the parade has gone by’ when describing silent films. But maybe it hasn’t. Maybe it has stopped on our doorstep one last time, for us to honor the medium, before its final journey into the sunset.
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