Life and Lillian Gish

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Paine Albert Bigelow. Life and Lillian Gish

PROLOGUE

PART ONE

I. A GIRL CHILD, BORN WITH A CAUL

II. LIFE AND A LITTLE GIRL

III. ON NAT GOODWIN’S SHOULDER

IV “THEATRE PEOPLE”

V. A LITTLE TROUPER

VI. ADVENTURES OF DOROTHY

VII. MARY PICKFORD IN THE SCENE

VIII “DOWN THE LINE”

IX “HER FIRST FALSE STEP”

X. DOROTHY’S TREE

XI “SUPPORTING BERNHARDT”

XII. MASSILLON DAYS

XIII. WHERE THE “ROAD” ENDS. NELL

XIV. A CONVENT SCHOOL. TYPHOID

XV. SHAWNEE

XVI. IT SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN

PART TWO

I “MR. BIOGRAPH”

II. GRIFFITH’S GROUP OF PLAYERS

III. BELASCO DELIVERS A VERDICT

IV. A STUDIO ON PICO STREET

V. THE PATH TO STARDOM

VI “HOME, SWEET HOME”

VII “THE BIRTH OF A NATION”

VIII “INTOLERANCE”

IX. THERE WERE NO LOVE AFFAIRS

X. THE NIGHTMARE OF WAR

XI. UNDER FIRE

XII. FRANCE

XIII “HEARTS OF THE WORLD”

XIV “BROKEN BLOSSOMS”

XV “I WORK SUCH LONG HOURS”

XVI. DIRECTOR LILLIAN

XVII “WAY DOWN EAST”

XVIII. SAD, UNPROFITABLE DAYS

XIX. PICTURING THE REIGN OF TERROR

PART THREE

I. ITALY

II “THE WHITE SISTER”

III “ROMOLA”

IV. ALSO, THE INTELLIGENTSIA

V “LA BOHÊME”

VI “THE SCARLET LETTER”

VII “THE FIRST LADY OF THE SCREEN”

VIII “WIND”

IX. GOOD-BYE, CALIFORNIA

X. REINHARDT

XI. THE SHADOW SPEAKS

XII. ON THE FLYING CARPET

XIII “ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT”

PART FOUR

I “UNCLE VANYA”

II. HELENA IN NEW YORK

III “THE PENALTY OF GREATNESS”

IV. WORKING WITH LILLIAN

V “UNCLE VANYA” TAKES THE ROAD

VI. RELIVING THE YEARS

VII. A FEW NOTES

VIII. L’ENVOI

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“Tranquilly, Lillian Gish sits, dressed in white organdie, her ash blond hair down her back, relaxed on the window seat, looking out for hours into the depths of the California night.

“‘What are you looking at, Lillian?’ Mrs. Gish has asked for years.

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With money saved from her own and the children’s earnings, Mary Gish opened a candy and popcorn stand at the Fort George amusement grounds. Her six or seven years of candy making and business experience came in very handy, now. She hired an assistant—one strong enough to pull the taffy she made—Don, a handsome, good-hearted boy, with whom Dorothy fell desperately in love. It was a joy to Dorothy to stand on the counter or on a chair and “ballyhoo” for Don’s taffy and popcorn. “This way for the best taffy and popcorn in New York! This way, this way!” Lillian would do it, too, but from a sense of duty, and much less riotously. Mary Pickford recently said:

“I can still hear Lillian’s timid little voice saying: ‘Would you like to buy some popcorn?!’”

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