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
Lillian Gish and Jeanne Moreau – Vanity Fair 1983 Vanity Fair – October 1983 Lillian Gish Jeanne Moreau This is a summit meeting: a queen paying homage to an empress. Of course, Lillian Gish, far right, is no truer a blueblood than any other homespun midwesterner. But wherever she goes now, she is treated like a monarch, acknowledging standing ovations in allAmerican palaces like Radio City Music Hall. Her admirers aren’t really applauding her 101 films (she has just completed the 102nd, about a sweet old lady and her sweet old dog). They may never have seen her slim but supernally intense performances in the D. W. Griffith masterpieces or in the Victor Sjostrom classics she made in the late ’20s at MGM. Lillian-Gish-Jeanne-Moreau 60s But they sense in her the grace, the purity, the wealth of symbolism that royalty sustains. Gish’s companion here, Jeanne Moreau, radiates a similar authority; what Gish was to the cinema of the ’20s, Moreau was to the cinema of the ’60s. “The
D.W. Griffith – An American Life (By Richard Schickel – 1984) D.W. Griffith – An American Life By Richard Schickel – 1984 Griffith! Before him, the movies were a nickelodeon novelty, after him, they were an international art form and a powerful, glamorous American industry He was the first to codify the rules and techniques of screen storytelling, the first to establish the conventions by which the unique capacities of the movies for both sweeping spectacle and profound intimacy could be employed in long, complex narratives, the first to assert the director’s claim to primary authorship of a film Above all, it was Griffith who imagined the future of his medium, and with his driving energy, his taste for the grandiose and his flair for publicity, propelled that medium toward that future—only to be crushed by the very forces he had unleashed. D.w. Griffith (1875-1948) Painting; D.w. Griffith (1875-1948) Art Print for sale His story is, in huge measure, the story of how the
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![Nell Dorr (1893-1988); [Lillian Gish seated at dressing table]; nitrate negative; Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Fort Worth TX; P1990.47.3507](https://lilliangish1893.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lillian-gish-seated-at-dressing-table-nell-dorr-1930.jpg?w=170&h=237 "Lillian Gish seated at dressing table - Nell Dorr 1930")
![Nell Dorr (1893-1988); [Lillian Gish wearing tight long dress]; nitrate negative; Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Fort Worth TX; P1990.47.3511](https://lilliangish1893.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lillian-gish-in-fortuny-gown-nell-dorr-1930.jpg?w=246&h=346 "Lillian Gish in Fortuny gown - Nell Dorr 1930")
![Nell Dorr (1893-1988); [Lillian Gish standing and brushing her hair]; nitrate negative; Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Fort Worth TX; P1990.47.3506](https://lilliangish1893.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lillian-gish-brushing-her-hair-nell-dorr-1930.jpg?w=246&h=346 "Lillian Gish brushing her hair - Nell Dorr 1930")
![Nell Dorr (1893-1988); [Lillian Gish wearing collar with three buttons view 3]; nitrate negative; Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Fort Worth TX; P1990.47.3545](https://lilliangish1893.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lillian-gish-photographed-by-nell-dorr-1930-b.jpg?w=246&h=346 "Lillian Gish photographed by Nell Dorr 1930 b")
![Laura Gilpin (1891-1979); [Gish, Lillian] [Chappell Garden, Denver, Colorado]; 1932; Platinum print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ft Worth, Texas, Bequest of the Artist; P1979.140.19](https://lilliangish1893.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/lillian-gish-chappell-garden-denver-colorado-laura-gilpin.jpg?w=145&h=212 "Lillian Gish, Chappell Garden, Denver, Colorado - Laura Gilpin")
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