Reminiscences of Lillian Gish, 1978
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- Name
- Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Interviewee)
- Daum, Raymond L (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Lillian Gish, 1978
- Abstract
- 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 f ilm; recollections of D.W. Griffith, Greta Garbo
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Actresses; Motion picture acting; Theater--Vocational guidance; Motion picture industry; Silent films; Motion pictures and music; Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 38 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Actress, director
- Note
- Interviewed by Raymond L. Daum
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15308196
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7kyf-7838
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.