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Sorry Bambi B, but the answer is disappoitingly simple: there were too many people who couldn�t read...

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In Reply to: Film history Query: Why weren't subtitles used in the silent era? posted by Bambi B on April 5, 2005 at 14:55:46:

...those days. And then, even among those who could, there were too many who had learned English a posteriori, their mother tongue being Italian, Spanish,..., or even Chinese, in no few cases: reading from a screen would distract them from seeing the bad guy approaching the dumb blonde, knife in hand...
At least that�s how I see it, Occam�s razor in hand.
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BF

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Re: Sorry Bambi B, but the answer is disappoitingly simple: there were too many people who couldn�t see... - patrickU 04:59:15 04/06/05 (0)
And understand the power of images.
To make sure they had to have text.
Of course Bernardo you are, I think, fully right!

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