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Older citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing recall the years of silent films (1893-1929) as a "golden era" in the cultural history of the American Deaf community. ... The second reason this period was golden was that motion picture technology demonstrated a new tool for those deaf people who used sign language.

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This isn't related but I literally came across this question for my ASL class and saw this question was posted on my birthday lol, anyways it's because of Silent films didn't need any verbal cues or voice lines so deaf actors had the upper hand in this era.

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