Lillian Gish Articles

Lillian Gish, Bette Davis in Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of August THE WHALES OF AUGUST Review Pt.1 Libby is also possessive of her sister, resenting the relationship between Sarah and Mr. Maranov. When Sarah invites the man to dinner, Libby scowls, "I will not eat his fish!" More cutting dialogue continues over dinner, during which Libby is rude to the point of insulting their guest. [...]

THE WHALES OF AUGUST (1987) Direction: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr, Mary Steenburgen, Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling Screenplay: David Berry; from his own play Oscar Movies, Highly Recommended Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, The Whales of August According to my math, the careers of the three leading ladies — Lillian Gish, [...]

Orson Welles in Welles' own Citizen Kane (top); Gregory Peck, Brock Peters in Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (middle); Barbra Streisand in William Wyler's Funny Girl (bottom) This list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners was culled from Wikipedia. The number on the right represents the honorees' age at the time of the award. Shirley MacLaine will be 78 next June 7. 1973 John [...]

Lillian Gish in Victor Sjöström's The Scarlet Letter Considering that religious puritans (and their politically correct cohorts) continue to plague the world at the beginning of the third millennium, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter remains as relevant today as when it was first published in 1850. This evening, Turner Classic Movies is presenting MGM's 1926 film version of Hawthorne's story about sex, love, and the [...]