Silent Movies Were Predictable

Here is a Vanity Fair cartoon from the days of silent film that illustrates how unsophisticated the "silent drama" was and how wildly predictable the plots and characters always seemed to be. This cartoon, along with a number similar magazine articles on this site, illustrate that such thinking was not entirely rare.

This 1918 silent movie was mocked for its predictability...

Another anti-silent film article can be read here...

This critic didn't like silent movies either - -