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Lillian Gish: Silent Screen
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"The First Lady of the Silent Screen," "Lillian Gish" was the movie industry's first true actress. A pioneer of fundamental film performing techniques, she was the first star to recognize the many crucial differences between acting for the stage and acting for the screen, and while her contemporaries painted their performances in broad, dramatic strokes, Gish delivered finely etched, nuanced turns carrying a stunning emotional impact. While by no means the biggest or most popular actress of the silent era, she was the most gifted, her seeming waiflike frailty masking unparalleled reserves of physical and spiritual strength. More than any other early star, she fought to earn film recognition as a true art form, and her achievements remain the standard against which those of all other actors are measured.
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Lillian Gish (1893-1993) was responsible for turning film acting into an art form. She appeared in such monumental works as "Birth of a Nation", directed by the man who launched her career, D.W. Griffith. Gish became known as the "First Lady of the Silent Screen."
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The career of Lillian Gish is unique in the history of motion pictures. One of the pioneers of the industry, she was the greatest actress of the silent film era, and she is still flourishing as a film and television actress more than seventy years after her screen debut in D.W. Griffith’s An Unseen Enemy.
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Lillian Gish was born with the ethereal beauty and grace to make her an instant legend. Lillian's combination of fragility and strength, as well as her rare beauty and brilliant performance on screen, made her one of history's greatest silent film stars. She will always be remembered as a pioneer in the motion picture industry.
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Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine the delicate damsel in distress, stranded on a swift-moving ice floe, cowering before a sadistic brute. The film showcases generous footage of her most memorable performances. In this Emmy-award winning documentary, the celebrated actress reflects on her life and work spanning the 20th century, particularly her years as D.W. Griffith's favorite leading lady and collaborator.
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After filming HIS DOUBLE LIFE in 1933, Lillian was away from celluloid for ten years. When she did return in 1943, she played in two big screen films, COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN and TOP MAN. It was as though she had never been away. Although she would not garner the attention she had in her early career, Lillian still proved she could hold her own with the best of them. As a matter of fact, she did get an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role of Laura Belle McCanles in DUEL IN THE SUN released in 1946. She lost to Anne Baxter in THE RAZOR'S EDGE.
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