20th century american actress
20th century american film
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film actress
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520234345
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 2002
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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At the time of her death in 1993, Lillian Gish was universally recognized as a film legend. In this revealing and absorbing narrative, Charles Affron uses newly released documents to uncover a life that was cast in the shadow of self-generated myth. Filling the gaps left by Gish's selective memoirs and authorized biographies, he shows how the actress carefully shaped her public identity while keeping much of her life private. This is a "New York Times" Notable Book.
Charles Affron is Professor of French at New York University. He is the author of Sets in Motion, Cinema and Sentiment, Divine Garbo, and Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis. He lives in New York City.
