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At The Time Of Her Death In 1993, Lillian Gish Was Universally Recognized As A Film Legend. Now, Charles Affron Reveals A Life That, For Decades, Was Cast In The Shadow Of Self-generated Myth. Using Newly Released Papers At The New York Public Library, Affron Fills The Gaps Left By Gish's Selective Memoirs And Authorized Biographies, And Shows How The Actress Carefully Forged Her Public Identity While Keeping Much Of Her Life Private. In A Career That Began In 1902 And Lasted Well Into The 1980s And Included Such Classic Films As The Birth Of A Nation And The Night Of The Hunter, Gish Went From Child Actress To Legend. This Account Of Gish's Life Travels Two Parallel Journeys: One Traces Her Beginnings As A Child Actress In Melodramas, Through The Birth Of Movies, The Glory Days Of The Studio System In Hollywood And The Coming Of Sound, The Broadway Theater And Television, To Her Final Starring Film Appearance In 1987; The Other Follows A More Personal Itinerary, Beginning With The Camaraderies And Rivalries Of D.w. Griffith's Troupe, The Onset Of Her Stardom, Then On To The Algonquin Round Table And The International Smart Set, Her Scandalous Lawsuit With Her Producer/fiance, Her

Author

Affron, Charles

Publisher

New York: Scribner

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780684855141

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.62 / 5 (49 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14