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.
United Artists made the same announcement in November 1928. Twentieth-Century Fox announced in February 1929 that it had made its Last silent movie. Columbia Pictures released its last silent movie (The Quitter) on April 1, 1929. ? Last major silent film made in the early years of sound film: Modern Times (re-leased 1936), starring Charlie Chaplin.