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Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 in silent film shorts to 1987. Gish was called the First Lady of American Cinema, and she is credited with pioneering fundamental film performing techniques.
Gish was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D. W. Griffith, including her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's seminal The Birth of a Nation (1915). At the dawn of the sound era, she returned to the stage and appeared in film infrequently, including well-known roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955). She also did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whales of August (which would prove to be one of Davis' last on-screen appearances). In her later years Gish became a dedicated advocate for the appreciation and preservation of silent film. Gish is widely considered to be the greatest actress of the silent era, and one of the greatest actresses in cinema history. Despite being better known for her film work, Gish was also an accomplished stage actress, and she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972.
Gish is the debut album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released in May 1991 through Caroline Records. Frontman Billy Corgan described Gish as a "very spiritual album".
Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish was eventually certified platinum (one million copies shipped) by the RIAA.
Gish was recorded from December 1990 to March 1991 in Butch Vig's Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin with a budget of $20,000. Vig and Billy Corgan worked together as co-producers. The longer recording period and larger budget were unprecedented for Vig, who later remembered,
The inclusion of a massive production style reminiscent of ELO and Queen was unusual for an independent band at the time. Whereas many albums at the time used drum sampling and processing, Gish used unprocessed drum recordings, and an exacting, unique guitar sound. Billy Corgan also performed nearly all of the guitar and bass parts on the record, which was confirmed by Vig in a later interview.
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The Smashing Pumpkins (alternately known as simply Smashing Pumpkins) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1988. Formed by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar) and James Iha (guitar), the band included D'arcy Wretzky (bass guitar) and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums) in its original incarnation. It has undergone many line-up changes over the course of its existence, with the current lineup including Corgan, rhythm guitarist Jeff Schroeder and Chamberlin.
Disavowing the punk rock roots of many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal,dream pop, psychedelic rock,progressive rock, shoegazing, and electronica in later recordings. Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".
The Night Hunter is a 1996 horror film directed by Rick Jacobson featuring a struggle between vampires and humans.
Jack Cutter (Don "Dragon" Wilson) is the last in long line of vampire hunters. After killing a few vampires in one L.A. restaurant, he is chased both by police and by other vampires.
The first movie roles of the lovely Gish sisters. Enjoy their debut! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002553/ CHANGE BEFORE GOING PRODUCTIONS: http://www.cbgp.com http://www.facebook.com/changebeforegoingproductions http://www.twitter.com/cbgproductions http://www.gplus.to/changebeforegoing http://www.pinterest.com/cbgproductions More classic silent films added daily to the channel. We hope you enjoy these movies and cartoons, some of which contain new musical scores, from early cinema.
Miss Lillian Gish interviewed on a national morning show, January 22, 1987, on the 112th anniversary of DW Griffith's birth.
Lillian Gish interviewed by Joan Rivers in 1983 1983 USA TV interview with actress Lillian Gish. Please note that FILM DIALOGUE does not hold the copyright for this video. It is on display for EDUCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FILM RESEARCH PURPOSE ONLY. FILM DIALOGUE is a forum for education and further research in film history.
Melvyn Douglas presenting an Honorary Oscar® to Lillian Gish for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures, at the 43rd Academy Awards® in 1971.
A tribute to my second favorite silent film actress Lillian Gish. The music is Canon in d major by Johann Pachelbel. Please comment!
In BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919), it was in the memorable nuances of her performance that twenty-six-year-old Lillian Gish really managed to bring off the illusion of playing the part of a child of fifteen. The most famous of these is now known as "The Smile." In the story, Gish's monstrously cruel father, sick of her incessant gloom and despair, orders her to give him a smile. Director D. W. Griffith and his cast thought long and hard about some meaningful response Gish could give her father in that moment, some bit of pantomime that could expose the depths of sorrow permeating her soul. But it was Gish who came up with the answer, a perfect gesture that has since gone down as an iconic statement in the annals of filmmaking. As she explains it: "Suddenly it came to me: in the midst of th...
In 1984, Lillian Gish (BIRTH OF A NATION, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER) was the 12th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. Listen to her acceptance speech from the ceremony.
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This episode is all about beautiful silent film actress Lillian Gish, who captured many a heart with her angelic looks and her amazing acting talent. I'm going to show you how to recreate her signature hair and makeup look. Enjoy! My blog: http://www.loepsie.com My vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LoepsiesLife Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/Loepsie Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/Loepsies Like my Facebook page: http://facebook.com/LoepsieOfficial
When a reclusive artists valet dies the body is mistake for his, He takes on the rolwe of his valet and begins to lead a double life. This is a long forgotton screwball comedy gem.
In this 15 minute handmade film, composed of more than 4000 collages, the actress Lillian Gish is seamlessly appropriated from silent-era cinema and plunged into a new and haunting role. Night Hunter evokes a disquieting dreamscape, drawn from allegory, myth and archetype. Music and sound by Larry Polansky.
by Philip Scott Johnson 80 Years of Female Actresses in Cinema Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, ...
In this handmade film, composed of more than 4000 collages, the actress Lillian Gish is seamlessly appropriated from silent-era cinema and plunged into a new and haunting role. Night Hunter evokes a disquieting dreamscape, drawn from allegory, myth and archetype.
SYNOPSIS Set in the 1920's, two lonely strangers spend New Year's Eve together in a condemned hotel. AWARDS Jury Award: Best Short Film Comedy | Long Beach Int’l Film Festival 2003 Audience Choice Award | Alibi Film Fiesta 2003 Judge’s Choice: First Place | Alibi Film Fiesta 2003 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AFI Fest 2003 | US Austin Film Festival 2003 | US Alibi Film Fiesta 2003 | US Long Beach Int’l Film Festival 2003 | US CineVegas Int’l Film Festival 2003 | US REVIEWS “Merging the sensibilities of early Coen Brothers with Jim Jarmusch, Vince Di Meglio’s brilliant El Elegante functions as something of a companion piece to his Fits & Starts (itself fantastic) in its highly stylized discussion of the difficulties of communication and the grace of small gestures…The picture is all about compo...
The Book of Joan - Odium Theologicum - Napolecitta 28 - Video and Sound collage by Roland Quelven. The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer debuted on April 21, 1928 at the Cinema Palads Teatret in Copenhagen. After a few private screenings, it finally premiered in Paris on October 25, 1928 at the Cinema Marivaux. The film was delayed because of the longtime efforts of many French nationalists, who objected to the fact that Dreyer was not Catholic and not French and to the then-rumored casting of Lillian Gish as Joan. As early as January 1927 Jean-Jose Frappa said that "whatever the talent of the director (and he has it)...he cannot give us a Joan of Arc in the true French tradition. And the American 'star'...cannot be our Joan, wholesome, lively, shining with purity, faith, cour...
Another part of an ident project from the end of 2nd year. If anyone's interested, the ghosts include: WB Yeats Oscar Wilde Divine Lillian Gish Katharine Hepburn Virginia Woolf Henrik Ibsen Queen Elizabeth I Charlton Heston Napoleon Bonaparte Edith Hunter The background and ghosts were hand drawn, inked and coloured in photoshop. THe man was animated in Flash and the whole thing was put through After Effects and Premiere.
Whir Smashing Pumpkins From the album/collection PISCES ISCARIOT http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ A tribute to Lillian Gish ........... Become a fan of my videos and art on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dandy-Jon/153157379861 http://dandy-jon.deviantart.com/
Smashing Pumpkins BURY ME GISH. Lillian Gish. http://www.lilliangish.com/ Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993[1]) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's seminal Birth of a Nation (1915). Her sound-era film appearances were sporadic, but included memorable roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller Night of the Hunter (1955). She did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s, and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whal...
Edible Education: Peter Sellars, theatre director and professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, provides his view on edible education. Recipient of a McArthur Fellowship, and winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, Sellars recently directed a production of John Adams’ Nixon in China at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Edible Education is a lecture course at UC Berkeley, funded by the Edible Schoolyard Project www.edibleschoolyard.org and the Epstein Roth Family Foundation. Instructor Michael Pollan.
Song List: 1) AFTER YOU'VE GONE (Henry Creamer / Turner Layton) (1918) Henry Burr & Albert Campbell - 1918 Marion Harris - 1919 Bessie Smith - 1927 Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Bing Crosby) - 1930 Louis Armstrong - 1932 Benny Goodman Trio - 1935 Judy Garland - 1942 Frank Sinatra - 1984 Also recorded by: Billy Murphy & Gladys Rice; Lionel Hampton; Sophie Tucker; Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France. Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could you tell me that you're goin' away? Don't say that we must part, Don't break your baby's heart You know I've loved you for these many years, Loved you night and day... Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears? Listen while I say: After you've gone and left me cryin' After you've gone there's no denyin' You'll feel blue, you'll feel...
Stars: Roland Young, Lillian Gish, Montagu Love Director: Arthur Hopkins Writers: Clara Beranger Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds himself faced with constant dilemmas as a result.
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his Knowledge Cast Lillian Gish ... True Heart Susie Robert Harron ... William Jenkins Wilbur Higby ... William's father Loyola O'Connor ... Susie's aunt George Fawcett ... The Stranger Clarine Seymour ... Bettina Hopkins Kate Bruce ... Bettina's aunt Carol Dempster ... Bettina's friend Raymond Cannon ... Sporty Malone Louise Emmons ... Churchgoer Directed by D. W. Griffith Story By Marion Fremont Produced by D. W. Griffith Cinematography by G. W. Bitzer Film Editing by James Smith Camera Operator Karl Brown Details Country USA Release Date: June 1, 1919 Production Co: D. W. Griffith Productions ---...
ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921) Starring: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Lucille La Verne, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, Monte Blue, Sidney Herbert, Frank Puglia Directed by D. W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Productions William Thomas Sherman, wts@gunjones.com, http://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/
When a reclusive artist's valet dies the body is mistake for his, He takes on the rolwe of his valet and begins to lead a double life. This is a long forgotton screwball comedy gem.
This is the 1963 documentary (narrated by Lillian Gish) of the Winchester Mystery House. It's fascinating to see it as it was in 1963, and Lillian's narration is great. Hope you enjoy! Another YouTube user was kind enough to upload a version of this a couple years ago, and I found it fascinating. The only problem was the original source material was fairly washed out, and the full color network logo was extremely distracting. I made it black-and-white and increased the contrast to make it easier to see the material. It's still not great, but the content is so fascinating, historic, and spooky, it's still great viewing. If whoever posted the original wants to re-post this version, please just download and ping me and I'll take this one down. Just hoping to share this fascinating do...
"The Mothering Heart" is a 1913 short drama film, starring Lilian Gish, directed by D. W. Griffith. The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. She is tender hearted , demonstrated by her appreciation of the flowers and the rescuing of a puppy. A melancholic young man (Walter Miller) woos her and she is foolishly swayed more by his pain of rejection than her love for him and eventually agrees to marry. Later in their new home together she takes in washing to help support them when her new husband has little income. Things change when he finds some success in a well paid job. He insists they celebrate at a restaurant where there is an Apache dance cabaret. He wears a new suite but she her plain street clothes. Her husband's eye is caught by a sophisticated single wom...
A frail waif, abused by her brutish boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences." Check out our silent movie site. Complete with bios,filmographies and movies to watch http://theearlycinema.weebly.com
˅ Playlist and more info ˅ 00:00 - Sunk Experiment 04:45 - We Made The Sun 09:19 - Dreaming (The Jacob's Ladder) 12:37 - Love-Smog 17:48 - Silent Insult Members: Drums - Gérald Guitar - Emile Dujardin et Vince Cosmofox Voice - F. Legrand Support the band on: https://lilliangishbelgium.bandcamp.com/music Other projects by musicians: https://pullmydaisy.bandcamp.com/music https://vivacats.bandcamp.com/releases https://lacelluleanthropophage.bandcamp.com/album/please-shut-up Discography on: https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/411382-Lillian-Gish I do not own any copyright and make no profit out of this, this is just for the sake of sharing good music and supporting the band. If you (band members or copyright owners) do not approve this album to be featuring on my channel or if you want ...
Miss Lillian Gish interviewed on a national morning show, January 22, 1987, on the 112th anniversary of DW Griffith's birth.
1983 interview with actress Lillian Gish.
Two legends got together when Mary Martin interviewed Lillian Gish for this rare 1981 TV appearance.
Myrna Loy and Lillian Gish were among the legends interviewed in this rare 1980 TV appearance. Also on the panel were Ethel Merman and Renata Scotto.
In this clip from 1978, Lillian Gish talks about the early days of the movie business including making up scandals for publicity. Gish was often called the first lady of American cinema, with a career that spanned 75 years from 1912 to 1987. For more classic clips, go to http://www.cbc.ca/archives Subscribe: http://bit.ly/CBCSubscribe Watch CBC: http://bit.ly/CBCFullShows About CBC: Welcome to the official YouTube channel for CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster. CBC is dedicated to creating content with original voices that inspire and entertain. Watch sneak peeks and trailers, behind the scenes footage, original web series, digital-exclusives and more. Connect with CBC Online: Twitter: http://bit.ly/CBCTwitter Facebook: http://bit.ly/CBCFacebook Instagram: http://bit.ly/CBCInstagram The ...
Melvyn Douglas presenting an Honorary Oscar® to Lillian Gish for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures, at the 43rd Academy Awards® in 1971.
Legendary silent film actress Lillian Gish discusses advice given to her by D.W. Griffith and selecting her for Birth Of A Nation Please note that FILM DIALOGUE does not hold the copyright for this video. It is on display for EDUCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FILM RESEARCH PURPOSE ONLY. FILM DIALOGUE is a forum for education and further research in film history.
In 1984, Lillian Gish (BIRTH OF A NATION, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER) was the 12th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. Listen to her acceptance speech from the ceremony.
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Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, art director Hilyard Brown, producer Paul Gregory, editor Robert Golden, second unit director Terry Sanders and cinematographer Stanley Cortez. From an episode of BBC's Moving Pictures. Original broadcast date: 19 february 1995. http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e1dba23 Criterion https://www.criterion.com/films/27525-the-night-of-the-hunter