Lillian and Dorothy Gish, sisters who came to fame in the early age of the silver screen, have roots in the Miami Valley. Lillian was born in Springfield on Oct. 14, 1893, to James Leigh Gish and Mary ...

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The college censorship debate has reached Hollywood. More than 50 prominent artists, writers, and film scholars are supporting the restoration of the names of the Gish sisters, Dorothy and Lillian, to ...

, who acted in the silent classic “Birth of a Nation,” was born in Springfield. She was born in 1893 and lived to be 99. Her sister ...

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The film Birth of a Nation has been studied for years for its introduction of film techniques that ...

Lillian Gish, whose portrayals of fragile innocence graced the golden age of silent films and eventually extended into an eight-decade screen career, is dead. Her longtime personal manager, James ...

More than 50 filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, academics and film scholars have signed a petition urging Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio to restore the names of famed actresses ...

Oct. 14—Lillian and Dorothy Gish, sisters who came to fame in the early age of the silver screen, have roots in the Miami Valley. Lillian was born in Springfield on Oct. 14, 1893, to James Leigh Gish ...

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith‘s Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was ...