Noteworthy Items from the Career of Lillian Gish on October 15 Gish Historian Jim Patterson

                                                       Lillian in love scene circa early 1930s

Deaths of Note from October 15

1969 Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies Starred with Miss Gish in her first talkie in 1930 “One Romantic Night.” It was a disaster and Mary Pickford told Miss Gish, Rod did not do his part in the film. Rod got a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 1960 at the same time as Miss Gish. Awkward meeting, I suppose. "One Romantic Night" was the end of Lillian's film career for a few years. She returned to the stage and did a film with Roland Young in New York. She returned to Hollywood in character parts for the war film "Commandos Strike at Dawn."  

1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some Like It Hot), dies of heart attack at 83

1937 James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 Starred in The Scarlet Letter (1926) with Miss Gish

1948 Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)

1958 John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61

1960 Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70

1960 Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70 Germany’s first major film star

1960 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84

About Jim Patterson

Jim Patterson is a Washington DC-based writer and speaker on silent and international films. He began a friendship with actress Lillian Gish in the early 1970s and learned from her film history, writing, research, speaking, and how to stay active and productive throughout life. For assignments contact Jim Patterson JEPWriter@gmail.com  Jim's Writing credentials are posted at JEPWriter.blogspot.com