| BUSTER | Nickname of of the silent movie comedian Joseph Frank Keaton (1895-1966) |
| RUDOLPH | Italian-born US actor (1895-1926) of the silent movie era known as the 'Latin Lover' (7,9) |
| VALENTINO | Italian-born US actor (1895-1926) of the silent movie era known as the 'Latin Lover' (7,9) |
| BUSTERKEATON | Star of the silent movie "The General" |
| KEYSTONECOPS | Which incompetent police force featured in many comedies of the silent movie era? (8,4) |
| MEL | _ Brooks: of "The Silent Movie" fame? |
| TALKIE | Supplanter of the silent movie |
| LOY | Starting her career at the end of the silent movies , actress Myrna ... is best remembered for her r |
| NOAHBEERY | Honey bear's munched this famed villain of the silent movies (4,5) |
| APOCRYPHA | Fourteen books of the OldA Testament excluded from most versions of of the Bible (9) |
| NALDI | Actress Nita of the silent movies |
| DURING | In the course of ... of the French and German cycle (6) |
| ERIC | Find him in the centre of... of the US (4) |
| GLAD | Happy to see the last of of the darling boy (4) |
| OFTENTIMES | Of of of of of of of of of of |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | 'The Tramp' silent movie comedian (7,7) |
| TURPIN | Ben ?, cross-eyed silent movie comedian who died in 1940 (6) |
| NEWYEAR | First day of of the year (3,4) |
| THEPLANET | Sci-fi film, Rise of...of the Apes (3,6) |
| SHARON | Biblical flower, rose of - - - - - - -, of the hibiscus family (6) |
