An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her sister Dorothy, her rise in film as an actor with Biograph Studios and muse of D. W. Griffith, her short time as a contract actor with MGM, and her return to the stage in the advent of the talkies. Peppered throughout with intimate and amusing anecdotes, this is a must-read for film historians, silent film enthusiasts, and admirers of one of cinema's legendary talents. ( Tomas Peter)
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Awesome! I'll sign you up once the MW is ready, Linda. Thanks!
I also spotted a teensy error in the summary. If the future MC could use this one, that'd be great.
An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her sister Dorothy, her rise in film as an actor with Biograph Studios and muse of D. W. Griffith, her short time as a contract actor with MGM, and her return to the stage in the advent of the talkies. Peppered throughout with intimate and amusing anecdotes, this is a must-read for film historians, silent film enthusiasts, and admirers of one of cinema's legendary talents. (Tomas Peter)
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Oh, and in case there are questions about copyright status:
WiltedScribe wrote: ↑January 11th, 2018, 12:16 pm
I could take this on as BC of a group project, provided the 1932 publication year isn't an issue (I'd assume not, since Gutenberg says this is PD in the US).
If it helps, I personally submitted this book to PG a long time ago to determine its copyright status and was told it's in the public domain.
Awesome! I'm glad to see we're finally doing this one. There are some other early celebrity biographies I'd love to see recorded for Librivox, but this is the big one.
I would like to read a couple of chapters from one of my favorite parts of Gish's career: the early Biograph years. Could I take Sections 21 and 22?
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ChuckW wrote: ↑January 20th, 2018, 7:49 pm
Awesome! I'm glad to see we're finally doing this one. There are some other early celebrity biographies I'd love to see recorded for Librivox, but this is the big one.
I would like to read a couple of chapters from one of my favorite parts of Gish's career: the early Biograph years. Could I take Sections 21 and 22?
I'm glad you brought it to my attention. I don't come across celebrity biographies around here much, so I'd be interested in BCing more in the future if this one is popular.
After a bit of consultation, I'm going to change the PL standard to special, as I would like all files checked for proper technical specifications and volume before they are marked PL OK. I'm going to be coordinating a few new projects in the coming weeks, so I won't have the time to double-check the files here myself.
I've updated the first post with this information.