Lillian Gish

A Life on Stage and Screen

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by Stuart Oderman

Type

Biographies

Subject

Actress > Lillian Gish

Keywords

Lillian Gish, actress, star, silent cinema

Publishing date

2009

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Collection

Silent Cinema

1st publishing

1999

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 400 pages
7 ½ x 10 ½ inches (19 x 26.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4075-7

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Book Presentation:
On March 12, 1993, Lillian Gish's memorial service was attended by a host of celebrities whose lives had been touched by her long and remarkable career. From her first film, An Unseen Enemy (1912), to her last, The Whales of August (1987), Lillian Gish personified film. With a theatrical career spanning nearly 100 years, Gish saw motion pictures evolve from flickers to blockbusters. Almost always playing someone who needed to be rescued or protected, her trademark delicacy and vulnerability were, however, only part of her persona. She was a strong and complex woman whose painful childhood taught her frugality, love for her mother and her sister, Dorothy, and a distrust of men. In this, her most complete biography, the author, who was her friend, chronicles the hardships, heartaches, and fierce determination that shaped her from her days as a fatherless child to those as head of her family, and on to a time when she became nearly a legend. Featuring rare photographs and intimate recollections of Lillian, Dorothy, and other important figures, the biography is helpful in understanding film history as well as one of its most beautiful and important figures.

About the Author:
Internationally acclaimed silent film pianist Stuart Oderman knew Lillian Gish for four decades. He is also the author of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1994). He lives in East Orange, New Jersey.

Press Reviews:
"Oderman’s compelling book…will stand as one of the best of all film biographies"—Choice; "rich interviews…informative"—The New York Review of Books; "exhaustive research"—Classic Images; "intriguing…fascinating…a good read that will satisfy any fan of these early movie stars"—Sullivan County Democrat; "this is biography at the highest level—I enjoyed and savored every chapter. Arguably the best work on a biography of a film star yet…insightful"—Critic 2000; "entertaining and meticulously researched."—Louis S. Auchincloss.

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