A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

22 BIRTH AND INFANCY Although Queen Elizabeth was technically far ahead of anything previously seen on the screen, judged hy modern standards it was still a p/imitive effort. Most of it was photographed according to accepted stage technique— as if viewed from a fixed point in the middle distance. Because of the absence of close-ups, much of Bernhardt's wonderful play of facial expression was lost. Here is the nearest approach to a close-up, showing Bernhardt as Elizabeth and Lou Tellegen, her leading man, as Essex. BELOW Zukor and Frohman, after the success of Queen Elizabeth, began to make good their promise of "famous players in famous plays." In 1913 their new producing organization, Famous Players, signed up Mary Pickford, who had left Biograph to play in David Belasco's production of The Good Little Devil. The film version of the play marked her first appearance under the Zukor banner. During her succeeding years with Famous Players, Mary Pickford became world-famous. Here she is in the film version of In the Bishop's Carriage. ABOVE RIGHT Zukor teamed Mary Pickford with her husband, Owen Moore, at that time one of the screen's most popular male stars. They appear here in a scene from Caprice, made in 1913. ^JyfJM ii'WT^prag I 1 MM Inks*.! *5 'a jj H Hqi el llmmmLi Wwmfm ^^H Hrat4 IB I J K^I U:'J ^^fl 1HH 1 1 i S^, H, £ jSw-jsc ■ML \l H2, 1 !■ ■ L ■ | M Hi aB iC?^ft ^B^H