intertitle
Americannoun
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a frame with printed dialogue or narration that is shown between scenes in a silent film.
The film restoration included cleaning the intertitles for re-insertion into the new digital master.
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a static screen with text that marks the beginning of a video, or divides and names the sections of a video, as at the beginning of a film or video game, or before each segment of an edited amateur recording.
The film begins with a solemn intertitle announcing that what follows is based on firsthand accounts.
Etymology
Origin of intertitle
First recorded in 1935–40; inter- ( def. ) + title ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“I’m not head of story, that’s Ken Mok,” Banks briskly answers when a producer presses her to talk about that chapter, while an intertitle identifies her as the show’s creator and executive producer.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
This smooth, slanting movement is interrupted by an intertitle: “We are the same.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
“As a university student, Körner led a lonely and reclusive life, devoted only to his studies,” an intertitle then tells us.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 14, 2017
In the trailer for the afraid-of-the-dark horror film Lights Out, an intertitle reads "You were right all along."
From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2016
An intertitle appeared on the screen: You know how they forced me to give you up!
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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