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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978.

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Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978.

Abstract

Family background; childhood and early life in theater; career in films: silent era, development of interest in technical aspects and design, early association with Biograph Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, work with sister, Dorothy Gish; lecture tours: Soviet Union, 1969, American universities; film medium: acting techniques, as universal language and art, musical scoring, adaptation of opera to film; recollections of D.W. Griffith, Greta Garbo.

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Transcript: 38 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.