“The Old Nest,” another story of the same type, though not quite as appealing, also did well. Such pictures, worth while in themselves, and at the same time profitable, helped along the whole picture industry.
Courtesy United Artists Corporation.
Archway from “The Three Musketeers.”
A high degree of artistry has been reached in the designing of motion-picture sets.
Courtesy Universal Pictures Corporation.
A Mexican Gateway from “Winners of the West.”
Simplicity is often the keynote of effectiveness. Here an impressive effect is secured with a minimum of effort
“The Copperhead,” on the other hand, and “The World and His Wife,” two of the finest films ever distributed by Paramount, did not help things along very much, because being, like “Broken Blossoms,” more or less tragic, they failed to find the audiences that might have made them profitable.