Blogs about: Lillian Gish

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Summer Silents - Mary Pickford and Sparrows (1926)2 comments

leclisse wrote 4 days ago:  Sparrows (1926) presented a radical departure from what audiences of the day expected from a Mary P … more →

Tags: Silent Film, charles laughton, Mary Pickford, Robert Mitchum, Summer Silents

Summer Silents - Some final thoughts on Lillian Gish2 comments

leclisse wrote 2 weeks ago: I accompanied my Lillian Gish marathon with Charles Affron’s 2002 biography, Lillian Gish: Her … more →

Tags: Books, Silent Film, D W Griffith, Summer Silents

Summer Silents - Lillian Gish and Orphans of the Storm (1921)2 comments

leclisse wrote 2 weeks ago: Orphans of the Storm (1921) was the last movie that Lillian made with D. W. Griffith, and following … more →

Tags: Silent Film, D W Griffith, Summer Silents

Quote du Jour

Chris wrote 2 weeks ago: You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners. - Lillian Gish T … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Quotes, Robert Heinlein, H. Jackson Brown, JR, Rita Mae Brown, Margaret Walker, henry ward beecher, emily post

Style Icon of the Week

Emmanent Entertainment wrote 2 weeks ago: This week’s style icon for Drooling Isn’t Pretty is Lillian Gish, the beautiful and tal … more →

Tags: Fashion Icons/Inspiration, Fashion, Style, style icon, actress, Silent Film, thrift, Layers, Style Ideas

Summer Silents - Lillian Gish and Broken Blossoms (1919)5 comments

leclisse wrote 3 weeks ago: Broken Blossoms (1919) is a significant departure for D. W. Griffith away from the prestigious epics … more →

Tags: Silent Film, D W Griffith, Summer Silents

Summer Silents - Lillian Gish and The Birth of a Nation (1915)

leclisse wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve decided to get a little more thematic during the summer months since I have a break from … more →

Tags: Silent Film, D W Griffith, Summer Silents, Mary Pickford

Night of the Hunter (1955)5 comments

leclisse wrote 1 month ago: It would be difficult to think of another film that portrays the dichotomy of good and evil in such … more →

Tags: Dailies, charles laughton, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

Evelyn Varden: A Forgotten Actress in an Unforgettable Role9 comments

suzidoll wrote 1 month ago: My day job at Facets Multi-Media in Chicago has recently turned into a night shift. We are currently … more →

Tags: Actors, Character Actors, Classic Films, Bad Seed, Evelyn Varden, Phone Call from a Stranger, Robert Mitchum, the night of the hunter

The Night of the Hunter

mistercomfypants wrote 2 months ago: As of this post, we’re caught up on The List.  That is, I’ve made a post for all of the … more →

Tags: 1955, Billy Chapin, charles laughton, Davis Grubb, James Agee, Meta, Movies, Robert Mitchum, Sally Jane Bruce

ATCs: Lillian Gish 2 comments

Mellanie wrote 3 months ago: 2.5" x 3.5" watercolor I made these cards for a trader who liked my Buster Keaton card.  … more →

Tags: Painting, atc's, Watercolor, ATC, Artist Trading Cards

Into the Iron-Clad Shadows...2 comments

amyking wrote 3 months ago: Early Obama’s Efforts to Get People Involved — Is He Practicing What He Preached? I … more →

Tags: sexy, Augustus and Julius Hare, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Batman, Cissy Farenthold, contest, Don Marquis, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Dylan Thomas

20 Actresses (grand finale)2 comments

Brad Wrolstad wrote 5 months ago: This viral theme has long played itself out everywhere else, but not here. It’s a big pantheo … more →

Tags: Movies, Setsuko Hara, Ann Sheridan, 20 Actresses, Joan Bennett, Norma Shearer, Ann Dvorak, Janet Gaynor, Ginger Rogers

Look-alike 61 comment

millivanilli wrote 5 months ago: I’m writing about famous silent movie actors from the 1920’s, and I came across some pho … more →

Tags: Look-alikes, Greta Garbo, pola negri, Brandy Cyrus, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Charlize Theron

The Night of the Hunter2 comments

Pointy wrote 7 months ago: A-mazing. Watch it before reading. The first half of it is brilliantly constructed, creepy and enter … more →

Tags: the night of the hunter, Robert Mitchum

Portrait of Jennie

donimatrix wrote 7 months ago: One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, Portrait of Jennie is the picture of sumptuousperfecti … more →

Tags: since you went away, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, sturgis photos, Portrait of Jennie, William Dieterle, Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway

Hunters, psychics and voodoo

Lisa wrote 9 months ago: October 11, 2008 Dead Zone (1983) Dir. By David Cronenberg based on the novel by Stephen King (4/5) … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, Reviews, Stephen King, horror movie marathon, horror movies, re-animator, Christopher Walken, film, David Cronenberg

"Portrait of Jennie" -- Only Romantics Need Apply18 comments

medusamorlock wrote 9 months ago: Love stories don’t usually appeal to me, but stick in some time travel, or possible survival a … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Movie Stars, David O'Selznick, David Wayne, Dmitri Tiomkin, Ethel Barrymore, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Portrait of Jennie

"I have carried you about with me for a long, long time."2 comments

Roman Colombo wrote 10 months ago: Uh-huh. So…I’m not sure how to handle this one. The 1915 film Birth of a Nation. Oldest film I have … more →

Tags: Film Review, DVD, D.W. Griffith, kkk, Birth of a Nation, Thomas F. Dixon, Civil War, Civil War films, silent films


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