Intertitle from ‘The Kid’ (1921)

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Emerson Romero, a Cuban-American silent film actor was the creator of the first iteration of closed-captioning. Romero watched Hollywood transition from silent films to ‘talkies’, or films with audible dialogue. While silent films had been accessible to both hearing and non-hearing audiences,…

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Intertitle from ‘The Kid’ (1921)

People's Graphic Design Archive

№ 15,160

Emerson Romero, a Cuban-American silent film actor was the creator of the first iteration of closed-captioning. Romero watched Hollywood transition from silent films to ‘talkies’, or films with audible dialogue. While silent films had been accessible to both hearing and non-hearing audiences,…

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