An anvil is a block with a hard surface on which another object is struck. The block is as massive as is practical, because the higher the inertia of the anvil, the more efficiently it causes the energy of the striking tool to be transferred to the work piece.
Hi braitman, The last silent film Hollywood ever produced was the 1935 love story Legong: Dance of the Virgins, which director Henri de la Falaise shot on location in Bali with an all-native cast. Last silent movie produced by Hollywood: Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935). The movie was filmed in Bali and features an all-native cast.
Last major studio to convert to sound: MGM. ? Last silent movie by MGM: The Kiss, which wrapped up filming in September 1929. The Kiss was also Greta Garbo?s last silent movie. ? Last surviving silent film director: believed to be Andrew Lysander Stone, who directed the silent films The Elegy (1927) and Liebensraum (1928). Stone died in Los Angeles, California, on June 6, 1999, age 96. ? Last silent movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture: Wings (1927). ?