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What was the first film with subtitles in the history of human film making?

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What was the first film with subtitles in the history of human film making?

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  • Was it without or with dubbing?
  • How subtitles were printed on the screen (was it internal in the images consisting the film or projected externally on the screen)?

  • By subtitles I don't mean to intertitles
  • I assume that subtitles and dubbing both arrived after sound recording was juxtaposed to video recording
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Olin Lathrop‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Considering the first films didn't have associated sound at all, dubbing doesn't make any sense.

deleted user wrote over 3 years ago

I have added a clarification note to the question due to your comment.

gmcgath‭ wrote over 3 years ago

A search turns up a case of what could be called subtitles in a silent film. The article cites a 1920 silent called The Chamber Mystery, which used "in-frame word balloons added in post-production." The accompanying image shows that the text was superimposed on the characters speaking, not cut away from the action, so I think it qualifies as "subtitles." https://the-artifice.com/subtitling-cinema-history/