I go along with Melissa's comments -- silent films all too often get unfairly knocked as being primitive and unsophisticated. Anyone who thinks that silent filmmakers weren't incredibly sophisticated at telling a story visually need only look at _Greed_, _The Wind_, _The Last Laugh_, _Metropolis_, _Sunrise_, or many other examples to see how few new "developments" there have been since Al Jolson first warbled for us. And since we're on the topic, what was the name of the silent film made a few years ago (in beautiful black and white) about an African-American man and the abandoned child he finds in New York? I think the filmmaker (and lead actor) was named something like Charles Lane? Jay Rozgonyi Media Librarian Fairfield University Fairfield, CT [log in to unmask]