People fled the east coats of America to make film so they could avoid Thomas Edison’s patents on film production.
The Scandinavian, specifically Danish film industry in the 1910’s was described as “The best in the world”.
Benjamin Christensen directed Häxan in 1920 and released it in 1922 which was so good because it was another film that cross a line that had never been crossed before with its horror.
Victor Sjöström directed The Phantom Carriage in 1921 which used double exposure to great effect to show what happened to one of the characters after they died.
Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd where all comedians of the silent film era during the 1920’s and 30’s in Hollywood, Keaton is best known for silent films such as The Cameraman (1928) and The General (1926). Chaplin is best known for films such as The Kid (1921) and The Gold Rush (1925). Lloyd is best known for the film Safety Last (1923) and as a stuntman.
These filmmakers influenced other notable filmmakers such as Jacques Tati and Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio better known as Totò.