>>If I remember correctly, Abel Gance's NAPOLEON had scenes which were split >>into three parts representing the French flag. bill henrdickson -- building on don larssons's reference to silent films -- is dead on . . . while not all of gance's NAPLOLEON uses all three screens, and someparts that do use all three screens use them to create a single enormous image, many sections of it do involve split screen effects, often configured so that the two side panels are identical, and provide a harmony [or counterpoint] to the "main" panel in the middle . . . but what gance does not do that PILLOW TALKS does do is present on the screen two parts of the same action simultaneously ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html