Akeh saking luh kasub era bisu, sakadi Gish lan Pickford, sampun rahayu lan polos, nangingh ring awal 1930-an (sasampun adopsi bek suara lan sadurung Motion Picture Production Code kaberlakunin) peran puniki kaucap kakalin jaman.
Many of the silent era's leading ladies, such as Gish and Pickford, had been wholesome and innocent, but by the early s after the full adoption of sound and before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced these roles were perceived as outdated.