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MOVING PICTURES 388 MOVING PICTURES and supers under the direction of Mr. Gi'iffith. The great success of "The Birth of a Nation" resulted in the later pro- duction of a number of similar picture dramas on a like scale of size and gran- deur, among which may be mentioned country, with the result that now Ameri- can pictures equal the best in dramatic quality, though directed by such French artists in this line as Turneur, Kappa- lani, and Shotaurd. For some years past the old prejudice against "pictures" on MOVING-PICTURE PROJECTOR "Intolerance" and "The Fall of Baby- ion," In the artistic presentation of dra- matic pictures portraying deep human emotions, however, the French producers and directors were for a long time in the lead. Within recent years Amein- can producing firms have attracted the Fr«nch directors to their employ in this the part of American actors and actresses has vanished, and now the leaders in the profession are frequently featured in the leading roles of the higher class of pic- ture dramas. Moving pictures, however, seem to de- mand peculiar talents of their own on the part of the actors who perform be- fore the camera. Among the most popu-