One bar for each year from 1895 to 1939, as tall as the number of films from it. Pick an era and read it a year at a time.
Films an hour long and longer become the norm.
191531mSilent
19151h 7mSilent
1915Silent
191523mSilent
191559mSilent
191514mSilent
191555mSilent
1916Silent
191624mSilent
191639mSilent
19161h 26mSilent
191654mSilent
19161h 14mSilent
191630mSilent
19161h 4mSilent
191641mSilent
19161h 2mSilent
19166hSilent
19171h 9mSilent
19171h 2mSilent
191756mSilent
19171h 8mSilent
191723mSilent
19171h 31mSilent
19179mSilent
191759mSilent
191754mSilent
1917Silent
19171h 10mSilent
191834mSilent
19189mSilent
191814mSilent
19181h 21mSilent
19181h 7mSilent
191813mSilent
19181h 34mSilent
191831mSilent
19181h 52mSilent
1918Silent
19181h 57mSilent
191853mSilent
Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks and Griffith found United Artists.
19191h 21mSilent
191918mSilent
19199mSilent
191911mSilent
1919Silent
19191h 10mSilent
191925mSilent
19191h 25mSilent
191951mSilent
19191h 20mSilent