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  Roots of the Rich and Famous – by Robert R. Davenport (1998) Roots of the Rich and Famous Copyright © 1998 by Robert R. Davenport TAYLOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Dallas, Texas Lillian Gish Film pioneer and Oscar-winning actress Lillian Gish proudly hung a painting of her cousin President Zachary Taylor in her living room to commemorate her relationship to the hero of the Mexican War, without whom the United States wouldn’t have California or Hollywood. Zachary Taylor almost didn’t accept the nomination to be president while he was fighting in Mexico, because the letter sent to notify him arrived postage due, and he refused to accept it! Incumbent President James Polk, alarmed that he would lose the election to Taylor (who was winning battle after battle in Mexico), used dirty tricks that would make Nixon look like a choirboy. He reduced the size of Taylor’s army, hoping he would be defeated in battle. However, Taylor still managed, although greatly outnumbered, to soundly defeat the Me...

  Last Showing at Opera House for “Hearts of the World” (San Bernardino Sun, 1918) San Bernardino Sun, Volume 48, Number 90, 13 June 1918 Last Showing at Opera House for “Hearts of the World” Robert Harron, the Boy, and Lillian Gish, the Girl, have for this picture done the best work of their respective careers. As the daredevil American of the French troops, Robert Harron wins favor by his unostentatious bravery and Yankee pluck. He is the central figure in numerous hand-to-hand fights that for ferociousness are different from screen encounters heretofore shown. Lillian Gish and Riobert Harron – Hearts of the World There has been a very noticeably change in Miss Gish’s style of acting, and this is by far the greatest work she has ever done. Dorothy Gish, as the little disturber, a strolling singer, was applauded- almost every time she appeared on the screen, each time with more enthusiasm. Dorothy as “The Little Disturber” Dorothy Gish has been popular heretofore, but this play wi...