Can there be anything more pointless than a silent movie of someone giving a speech? Interspersed with title cards -- titles written by Robert Benchley, one would hope -- it might make some sense. There might be some technical interest in looking at such a picture (Fiorello Laguardia, it is reported from observing silent movies, had different 'body language' depending on which of his two native languages -- Yiddish and Italian -- he was speaking in), but there can be little more interest in a silent movie of McKinley giving a speech than there can be in a simple photograph.
Come to think of it, some of Andy Warhol's 'movies' would qualify....
Come to think of it, some of Andy Warhol's 'movies' would qualify....
