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The Movies, Mr. Griffith, And Me

Lillian Gish recounts her long association with the director D. W. Griffith, beginning with her years as a child performer on the stage and her early work at the Biograph studio. She describes the making of landmark silent films, the working methods of the period and the close, sometimes difficult, relationship she had with Griffith.

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The memoir also covers her rise to stardom, her later films and the changes that came with the arrival of sound. Written with Ann Pinchot, it offers a first-hand account of early Hollywood as seen by one of its silent-era actresses.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 388 pages

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