Movies: Lillian Gish
- 2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies5.72008HD
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman. Pickford's life also parallels an even larger story, telling of the birth of the cinema itself....
- 1983
Hambone and Hillie (1983)
Hambone and Hillie41983HD
An elderly woman searches for her lost dog. Director Roy Watts' 1984 drama stars Lillian Gish, Timothy Bottoms, Candy Clark, O. J. Simpson, Alan Hale Jr. and Jack Carter....
- 1961
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
The Spiral Staircase61961HD
Based on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute girl, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer who preys on young handicapped women....
- 2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
The Women Who Run Hollywood72016HD
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was ...
- 1913
A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
A Woman in the Ultimate01913HD
The unwilling dupe of her step-father, she became the decoy of the wealthy young man, but at the crucial moment she saved both herself and the young man and thus ended the game of the badgers....
- 1914
The Tear That Burned (1914)
The Tear That Burned01914HD
The Tear That Burned is a silent movie drama....
- 1969
Early Directors on Directing (1969)
Early Directors on Directing01969HD
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few people know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in 1920. Ida L...
- 1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn6.71986HD
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization....
- 1930
One Romantic Night (1930)
One Romantic Night5.31930HD
A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince....
- 1916
Diane of the Follies (1916)
Diane of the Follies01916HD
Phillips Christy an amateur sociologist from a wealthy family, subscribes to the theory that people are shaped by their environment. When he falls in love with Diane, a showgirl from the follies, he sees a chance to prove his theory, but fate interve...
- 1919
The Greatest Question (1919)
The Greatest Question5.91919HD
Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, t...
- 1916
The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
The House Built Upon Sand01916HD
Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works as factory manager. He takes her to their home in the factory town and ...
- 1915
Captain Macklin (1915)
Captain Macklin01915HD
Royal Macklin, a cadet at WEst Point, is discharged for a misdemeanor, and the father of Beatrice, Macklin's sweetheart, order her to break the engagement. Macklin goes to Honduras, in the midst of a revolution, and joins the Patriot army of General ...
- 1976
Twin Detectives (1976)
Twin Detectives61976HD
Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics, but soon find themselves involved in a murder....
- 1913
A Timely Interception (1913)
A Timely Interception4.81913HD
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to p...
- 2010
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
Sigrid Holmquist72010HD
The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent film medium. It consists of already existing film clips from the 1910s and 20s. Sigrid is played by eight different stars from her era, and she also pla...
- 1920
Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
Remodeling Her Husband01920HD
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange woman. Jaine sets out to remodel her husband into the man she wants....
- 1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me01988HD
Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, stranded on a swift-moving ice floe, cowering before a sadistic brute. The film showcases generous footage of her mos...
- 1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown81986HD
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrated by Bibi Andersson....
- 1983
Lillian Gish (1983)
Lillian Gish6.51983HD
New York, summer 1983. Jeanne Moreau goes to meet Lillian Gish to film a portrait of her. The star of American silent films invites her to her apartment and discusses her career from its beginnings on film in 1912. She remembers the conditions on sta...