Lillian Gish Articles

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 [...]

The Fall of the House of Usher (top); John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman in Bardelys the Magnificent (middle); Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez in The Gaucho (bottom) Douglas Fairbanks, John Gilbert, and Lillian Gish are only a few of the superstars to be found at the 14th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which will take place July 10-12 at the Castro Theatre. Among those scheduled to provide [...]

Evelyn Brent, Emil Jannings in The Last Command FILM The Crowd d: King Vidor; scr: King Vidor, James V. A. Weaver; titles: Joseph W. Farnham The Docks of New York d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: Jules Furthman; titles: Julian Johnson The Last Command d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: John F. Goodrich; titles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Sadie Thompson d & scr: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner [...]

Mary Pickford in Sparrows FILM Dancing Mothers d: Herbert Brenon; scr: Forrest Halsey Don Juan d: Alan Crosland; scr: Bess Meredyth; titles: Walter Anthony, Maude Fulton Kid Boots d: Frank Tuttle; scr: Luther Reed, Tom Gibson; titles: George Marion Jr. The Scarlet Letter d: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom); scr: Frances Marion The Show d: Tod Browning; scr: Waldemar Young; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Sparrows [...]