Split screen (video production) in the Russian silent film "The Queen of Spades" (1916), directed by Yakov Protazanov, where one screen depicts reality and the other a character's inner desires. This technique has been used to portray twins in such films as "Wonder Man" (1945), "The Dark Mirror" (1946), "The Parent Trap" (both the 1961 original and the 1998 remake), and "Adaptation" (2002). In the 1961 version of "The Parent Trap", conversations between the twins were simulated by filming the actress (Hayley Mills) as she stood at the left of the frame facing right, then filming her again, standing at the right and facing
The Parent Trap (1998 film) David Swift wrote the screenplay for the original 1961 film based on "Lottie and Lisa". The story is comparable to that of the 1936 Deanna Durbin film "Three Smart Girls". Swift is credited along with Meyers and Shyer as co-writers of the 1998 version. In 1986, American winery owner Nicholas "Nick" Parker (Dennis Quaid) and British wedding gown designer Elizabeth "Liz" James (Natasha Richardson) meet, fall in love, and get married during an ocean cruise on the "Queen Elizabeth 2". After the birth of their identical twin daughters, Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan), they get divorced and each has custody