Life and Lillian Gish
by Albert Bigelow Paine
About this book
An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her sister Dorothy, her rise in film as an actor with Biograph Studios and muse of D. W. Griffith, her short time as a contract actor with MGM, and her return to the stage in the advent of the talkies. Peppered throughout with intimate and amusing anecdotes, this is a must-read for film historians, silent film enthusiasts, and admirers of one of cinema's legendary talents. (Tomas Peter)
Chapters (57)
1Prologue
2A Girl Child, Born with a Caul
3Life and a Little Girl
4On Nat Goodwin's Shoulder
5'Theatre People'
6A Little Trouper
7Adventures of Dorothy
8Mary Pickford in the Scene
9'Down the Line'
10'Her First False Step'
11Dorothy's Tree
12'Supporting Bernhardt'
13Massillon Days
14Where the 'Road' Ends. Nell
15A Convent School. Typhoid
16Shawnee
17It Sounds Like Heaven
18'Mr. Biograph'
19Griffith's Group of Players
20Belasco Delivers a Verdict
21A Studio on Pico Street
22The Path to Stardom
23'Home Sweet Home'
24'The Birth of a Nation'
25'Intolerance'
26There Were No Love Affairs
27The Nightmare of War
28Under Fire
29France
30'Hearts of the World'
31'Broken Blossoms'
32'I Work Such Long Hours'
33Director Lillian
34'Way Down East'
35Sad, Unprofitable Days
36Picturing the Reign of Terror
37Italy
38'The White Sister'
39'Romola'
40Also, the Intelligentsia
41'La Bohême'
42'The Scarlet Letter'
43'The First Lady of the Screen'
44'Wind'
45Good-bye California
46Reinhardt
47The Shadow Speaks
48On the Flying Carpet
49'One Romantic Night'
50'Uncle Vanya'
51'Helena' in New York
52'The Penalty of Greatness'
53Working with Lillian
54'Uncle Vanya' Takes the Road
55Reliving the Years
56A Few Notes
57L'Envoi
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