| Title: |
Reminiscences of Lillian Gish
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A2
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background; childhood and early life in theater; career in films: silent era, development of interest in technical aspects and design, early association with Biograph Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, work with sister, Dorothy Gish; lecture tours: Soviet Union, 1969, American universities; film medium: acting techniques, as universal language and art, musical scoring, adaptation of opera to film; recollections of D.W. Griffith, Greta Garbo.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 38 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gish, Lillian, 1896-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Actress; Director
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| Age at speaking: |
82
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Daum, Raymond L.
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| People discussed: |
Carter, Dorothy Elizabeth; De Guiche, Lillian Diana; Gish, Lillian Diana; Gish, Lillian, 1893(?)-1993; Lillian Gish
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Actresses; Carter, Dorothy Elizabeth; De Guiche, Lillian Diana; Gish, Lillian Diana; Gish, Lillian, 1893(?)-1993; Lillian Gish; Motion picture acting; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures and music; Silent films; Theater
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020697-16138
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