When Jon from UCLA sent an article titled "A Portrait of Lillian Gish" I expected a long article. The article was indexed "A Portrait of Lillian Gish" from American Magazine, published in New York.
Page 33 has a striking nearly full page close up photograph of Miss Gish. It is striking because she is so young and beautiful. She would have 23 at the time, assuming 1893 as her accurate birth year. Many sources still list 1896, but you can't correct the world. One can only work and write for accuracy and ignore fools who argue.
The title below the photo read: "Lillian Gish--Star in "The Birth of a Nation."
The brief text reads: "Lillian Gish started her stage career when she was six years old in an old fashioned melodrama called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." A few years later her skill as a dancer attracted the attention of Sarah Bernhardt, then on one of her farewell tours.
"The Divine Sarah" engaged her for two seasons. Miss Gish happened into a motion picture studio one eventful day with her friend Mary Pickford. D,.W. Griffith, the famous producer, saw a future in her face and signed her forthwith."
Published American Magazine, New York, 1916. No credits are given for photo or text.
In other and later writings Miss Gish wrote and said she began her stage career at five. There is another fact here I need to check with Professor Affron about. More later.
James Patterson who spends a happy life learning, earning and yearning.
Adviser, Dorothy and Lillian Gish Theater 2005-2013
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