Writer/Speaker/Educator
766 Harrison Street Suite 211
San Francisco CA 94107
December 19, 2013
Ms.
Donna Ross, Boards Assistant
National
Film Preservation BoardLibrary of Congress
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
19053 Mt. Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701-7551
Dear
Ms. Ross,
I
nominate two historic films starring Lillian Gish for the 2014 National Film
Registry. The two films span Miss Gish’s historic 75 year screen career.
The
Gish sisters, Lillian and Dorothy, made their screen debuts in D. W. Griffith’s
1912 “An Unseen Enemy.” In this short film the Gish sisters demonstrated their
abilities to effectively express danger in response to menacing robbers.
In
1987 Lillian Gish made her last film, “The Whales of August,” when she was 93.
“Their coming together makes this film stand apart,” the publicity went for
this late in life screen pairing of Miss Gish and Bette Davis as two elderly
sisters finally resolving their lifelong differences as winter approaches. This
film is historic because of its cast of elderly veterans and its honest and
beautiful depiction of elder dignity.
I
hope to see both of these eligible and historic films selected for preservation
on the 2014 National Film Registry. If I can provide any additional
information, please contact me. Thank you for your work preserving our rich and
rewarding film history. Please acknowledge nomination of these films.
Sincerely,
James Patterson
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