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5 results for SILENTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 31, 2014	40D	Few of them were made after 1929	Chris A. McGlothlin	Shortz
Sat Mar 1, 2003	38D	Some 1920's entertainment	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Thu Mar 9, 2000	42D	"The Tramp" and "The General," e.g.	Myles Callum	Shortz
Sat May 29, 1999	54A	1920's entertainment	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Apr 18, 1999	30A	Old shows	Frank Longo	Shortz

1 result for SILENTS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 17, 2014	Panda	60A	Listens for old movies	Mel Taub	Shortz

16 results for SILENTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 4, 1988	47D	Chaplin's early films	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sat Apr 12, 1986	55A	First films	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sat Nov 9, 1985	43A	Valentino vehicles	Yurie Horiguchi	Maleska
Tue Dec 20, 1983	37A	Valentino films, e.g.	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed Aug 19, 1981	45A	Early films	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Tue Mar 16, 1976	10D	Old films	Manny Miller	Weng
Tue Nov 18, 1975	5D	Early movies	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Sun May 14, 1972	25A	Nickelodeon features	Edward J. O'Brien	Weng
Tue Jun 29, 1971	22A	Theda Bara's milieu	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 14, 1968	58D	Early movies.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sun Dec 17, 1967	27A	Early film fare.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Nov 27, 1966	28D	Old movies.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Wed Oct 1, 1958	53A	Early films.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 5, 1954	40D	Old movies.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Sun Aug 21, 1949	8A	Old-time motion pictures.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Mar 7, 1948	133A	Old movies.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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