| The Great and the Less Great | 8 | | | The Picture Sense | 20 | | | Preparation for Production | 29 | | | The Method of William De Mille | 37 | | | Cecil De Mille Also Speaks | 47 | | | When Acting Ability Helps | 57 | | | Rex Ingram on “Atmosphere” | 61 | | | Mainly About D. W. Griffith | 70 | | | Mountains and Molehills | 82 | | | Some of the Arts of Slapstick Comedy | 90 | | | Other Tricks Up Directors' Sleeves | 100 | | | Some Words from Frank Borzage | 110 | | | What Tempo Means in Directing | 120 | | | “Overshooting”—and the serial | 126 | | | The Method of Thomas H. Ince | 135 | | | Directors Schooled by Ince | 146 | | | Who Creates a Picture | 152 | | | Music in Picture Production | 161 | | | Just Suppose | 165 | | | “Stealing” an Exterior | 176 | | | The Importance of the Art Director | 183 | | | Directorial Conventions | 189 | | | Ernst Lubitsch: German Director | 195 | | | Joe May: German Director | 205 | | | Illustrating the Use of Detail | 213 | | | Marshall Neilan Summarizes | 219 | | | “Best Directed” Pictures | 229 |
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