Cat. #0014231150121: LILLIAN GISH

Wonderful vintage 10x8-inch black and white still image from D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919), shown with her co-star Richard Barthelmess, boldly signed in black felt-tip pen in the 1980s. In good condition, with the image a hint grainy. Widely considered one of the greatest American actresses of all-time, legendary silent movie queen Lillian Gish began her career as a child performer on the stage, working alongside her sister, Dorothy.  In 1912, she was discovered by D.W. Griffith, who cast her in An Unseen Enemy, The One She Loved, My Baby, and nine other films that year.  She became enormously popular with the public and, in 1915 and 1916, starred in the director's ambitious historical epics The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. Their collaborations continued with Hearts of the World (1918), A Romance in Happy Valley (1919), the marvelous Broken Blossoms (1919), True Heart Susie (1919), Way Down East (1920), and Orphans of the Storm