LEADING LADIES – 1976 (Electa Clark) PDF Download

 

LEADING LADIES – 1976 (Electa Clark) PDF Download

“Humanity marches on into the new and glorious 20th century!” exults a daily paper in its first issue of 1901. “Come, oh century, child of hope!” begins a long poem on page one. Another column trills, “We are 20th century women … with the dower of privilege and responsibility which enriches women in this wonderful era!”

Lillian Gish had a similar effect on millions who saw her in the movies. She was not only talented, she had a unique quality: pure, ethereal, elusive. As if she acted in whispers. As if in her hands, the definite blurred into the indefinite. It was drama critic George Jean Nathan who described her as being “behind a veil of silver chiffon.” He courted Lillian for years, but she eluded marriage.

Horse drawn float declares National American Woman Suffrage Association’s support for Bristow-Mondell amendment
1920s Lillian Gish Actress ‘La Boheme’ Oversized DBW Photo by Kenneth Alexander

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