Lillian Gish (Picture Show Annual – 1929)

Lillian Gish (Picture Show Annual – 1929)

Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson, publicity photo for The Wind (Letty Mason and Lige Hightower)
Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson, publicity photo for The Wind (Letty Mason and Lige Hightower)

Picture Show Annual – 1929

Lillian Gish

Beneath her frail exterior, Lillian Gish conceals an indomitable spirit and unshakable courage and willpower. Long ago, when she left D. W. Griffith’s direction, disaster was predicted. Few believed that she could stand alone, away from the man under whose guiding genius she had risen to the first rank of screen stars. But Lillian was no Trilby, to collapse when Svengali’s spell was removed. She determined to show a critical world that she had brains of her own and could use them. She made her first independent film, and to-day Lillian still ranks amongst the first-class stars.

Picture Show Annual (1929)
Picture Show Annual (1929) Lillian Gish
THE SCARLET LETTER, Lars Hanson, Lillian Gish, 1926 HC5Y8H
THE SCARLET LETTER, Lars Hanson, Lillian Gish, 1926
Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes in The Enemy (MGM, 1927). Portrait Photo 11
Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes in “The Enemy” (MGM, 1927)
Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson - promotional photo for 'The Wind' (MGM)
Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson – promotional photo for ‘The Wind’ (MGM)

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