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History of Motion Pictures
emphasized the dramatic value of a certain war scene.
But from DeAlille's New York office came a waii from a too practical executive, "We pay these actors well. Why show onlv one half of their faces?"
De.Mille answered quickly, "Don't you ever look at great paintings? That's Rembrandt lighting1."
The New York executive thought the phrase stronglv descriptive. The picture was advertised as "the first to have Rembrandt lighting," and motion picture photography with its present emphasis upon artistic content had been born.
Under various producers and directors, the silent film advanced steadilv in importance until 1927. Clever men found endless ways to make effective pantomime and inserted written titles to take the place of stage dialogue. Stage producers noted with alarm that it was increasinglv difficult to get experienced actors. The best had crone to Hollywood or to the first Eastern studios established at Fort Lee, New Jersey. In NewYork, silent motion pictures scored greater success than most stage plays. The Big Parade ran for more than a year on Broadway.
The silent picture era developed some magnificent films. The following will probably always be remembered: The Birth of a Nation, The Ten Commandments, Seventh Heaven, Broken Blossoms, The Covered Wagon, The Little Minister, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ben-Hur, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Quo Vadis (Italian), Cabiria (Italian), The Three Musketeers, Eyes of the World, Queen Elizabeth, Carmen, Civilization, and Abraham Lincoln.
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