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Life and Lillian Gish

Name: Life and Lillian Gish
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine

Albert Bigelow Paine

Read by Tomas Peter, Linda Olsen Fitak, Eva Davis (d. 2025), BettyB, Jude Somers, Andrea Kotzer, Kathleen Moore, John, David Lawrence, Caroline Lilyard, Chuck Williamson and Michael Fassio · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Epigraph (2:41)
Prologue (1:30)
A Girl Child, Born with a Caul (4:09)
Life and a Little Girl (7:54)
On Nat Goodwin's Shoulder (8:29)
'Theatre People' (8:18)
A Little Trouper (22:11)
Adventures of Dorothy (6:15)
Mary Pickford in the Scene (7:40)
'Down the Line' (6:23)
'Her First False Step' (19:35)
Dorothy's Tree (6:37)
'Supporting Bernhardt' (5:41)
Massillon Days (8:58)
Where the 'Road' Ends. Nell (5:48)
A Convent School. Typhoid (9:53)
Shawnee (13:37)
It Sounds Like Heaven (5:49)
'Mr. Biograph' (8:55)
Griffith's Group of Players (5:26)
Belasco Delivers a Verdict (10:11)
A Studio on Pico Street (18:34)
The Path to Stardom (14:06)
'Home Sweet Home' (9:17)
'The Birth of a Nation' (13:05)
'Intolerance' (8:01)
There Were No Love Affairs (11:11)
The Nightmare of War (5:33)
Under Fire (5:53)
France (7:16)
'Hearts of the World' (4:16)
'Broken Blossoms' (11:07)
'I Work Such Long Hours' (5:10)
Director Lillian (15:06)
'Way Down East' (19:21)
Sad, Unprofitable Days (8:41)
Picturing the Reign of Terror (12:03)
Italy (18:57)
'The White Sister' (17:28)
'Romola' (22:14)
Also, the Intelligentsia (10:00)
'La Bohême' (25:38)
'The Scarlet Letter' (19:58)
'The First Lady of the Screen' (7:15)
'Wind' (10:21)
Good-bye California (7:54)
Reinhardt (15:30)
The Shadow Speaks (7:07)
On the Flying Carpet (5:31)
'One Romantic Night' (10:42)
'Uncle Vanya' (8:40)
'Helena' in New York (11:21)
'The Penalty of Greatness' (15:31)
Working with Lillian (13:09)
'Uncle Vanya' Takes the Road (13:25)
Reliving the Years (8:59)
A Few Notes (6:24)
L'Envoi (1:51)