October 10, 1942, Article by Herb Sterne Originally appearing in a 1942 issue of SCRIPT MAGAZINE was this decidedly “pro” Lilian Gish (1893 – 1993) article concerning the silent film actress and her meteoric rise under the direction of D.W. Griffith, and her much appreciated march on Broadway.
Laura
Gilpin (1891-1979); [Camille–Gish, Lillian] [Central City, Colorado];
1932; Gelatin silver print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ft
Worth, Texas; Bequest of the Artist; P1979.140.157“Lilian Gish is
the damozel of Arthurian legend, tendered in terms of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Her heroines perpetually hover in filtered
half-lights, linger in attitudes of romantical despair. They forever
drift farther from reality than the dream, and no matter how humble
their actual origins, the actress invariably weaves them of the
dusk-blues, the dawn-golds of medieval tapestries.” Lillian Gish autographed – 1920s
Elaine The Lilly Maid Dreaming of Astolat … Lillian Gish – Way Down East
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