Lillian Gish - Her Legend, Her Life

Author's Note 9(4) Introduction: Just to Make a Movie 13(4) An American Family 17(6) The Wicked Stage 23(14) ``I Don't Know Why I Ever Left Massillon'' 37(6) The ``Flickers' and D. W Griffith 43(8) Becoming a Movie Actress 51(16) The Mothering Heart 67(8) Dorothy Gish's Sister 75(4) A Role for Movie History 79(12) ``Griffith's Girls' 91(6) Becoming a Movie Star 97(12) The Movies and the Great War 109(8) ``You Can Photograph Her Upside Down, Because It's All Even' 117(8) From Melodrama to Tragedy 125(10) In the Director's Chair 135(4) ``The Most Superlatively Exquisite and Poignantly Enchaining Thing I Have Ever Seen in My Life' 139(12) Good-bye Mr. Griffith 151(10) ``A Wistful April Moon' 161(4) Inspiration Pictures 165(14) Charles Holland Duell Jr. 179(20) George Jean Nathan 199(8) Kisses for Mimi 207(20) The Perils of The Wind 227(8) The Master of Schloss Leopoldskron 235(12) Interlude 247(6) Gish Speaks 253(6) ``The Most Interesting Actress on Our Stage'' 259(10) ``Dreadful Man'' 269(6) Sinners, Saints, and Shakespeare 275(10) America First 285(10) ``Oldtime Cinemactress'' 295(10) ``Asking Nothing of the Role for Herself'' 305(4) The Small Screen 309(8) Acting American 317(8) ``Will Come Running at Any Time'' 325(10) ``My Blessed Sister'' 335(10) Oscar 345(8) Final Close-Ups 353(10) The Girl and the Rose 363(2) Notes 365(36) Selected Bibliography 401(6) Chronological Record of Lillian Gish's Dramatic Performances 407(14) Acknowledgments 421(4) Index 425