Lillian Gish SIGNED Photo Autobio Film Actress Dorothy DW Griffith Photos

by Lillian Gish

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The Movies, Mr Griffith and Me by Lillian Gish ,copyright 1969 - this hardcover book with dustjacket is in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition with minor wear in protective cover Book inside is in very good condition with no writing nor torn or missing pages ...(see photos) Signed Photo attached to 3rd page "Happy memories Lillian Gish" A retake of the day before only yesterday, with something of the gentle, sentimental quality of the Helen Hayes' books--Miss Gish is a somewhat comparable figure as the first lady of films. This is simultaneously the story of D. W. Griffith who created the industry to whom she was unswervingly devoted as well as that of her sister Dorothy, giddier, overindulged and overprotected. Lillian and Dorothy were just children when Griffith started them on their way just after he converted the nicolodeon into the silent screen: Lillian stayed with him longer than any of his other discoveries (Mary Pickford, Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh) even though ultimately he also sent her on to other studios (a disastrous association with Charles Duell who pilloried and sued her), and a surprisingly (to those who have forgotten) steady working continuum on the stage, occasional films and even television. Griffith, however, always in financial difficulties, an embittered man lost in an alcoholic fog, never survived the success of the industry which is irreparably in his debt. As for Miss Gish, whose ethereal face is no longer too well remembered, her

• Year: 1969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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