Silent Movie Actress LILLIAN GISH Signed FDC Honoring Director D.W. GRIFFITH

Description: This auction is brought to you by Classic Entertainment Autographs, one of the industry's best-known and most trusted sources for authentic signed material in the field of vintage entertainment! Up for grabs is the following item: Choice vintage first day cover for a 1975 stamp honoring director D.W. Griffith, boldly signed by his favorite leading lady in black fine-tip pen in in the early 1980s. In good condition and nice for display.Widely considered one of the greatest American actresses of all-time, legendary silent movie queen Lillian Gish began her career as a child performer on the stage, working alongside her sister, Dorothy. In 1912, she was discovered by D.W. Griffith, who cast her inAn Unseen Enemy,The One She Loved,My Baby, and nine other films that year. She became enormously popular with the public and, in 1915 and 1916, starred in the director's ambitious historical epicsThe Birth of a Nation(1915) andIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. Their collaborations continued withHearts of the World(1918),A Romance in Happy Valley(1919), the marvelousBroken Blossoms(1919),True Heart Susie(1919),Way Down East(1920), andOrphans of the Storm(1921). Increasingly branching out to work with other filmmakers, Gish was unforgettable in Henry King'sThe White Sister(1919) andRomola(1921); King Vidor'sLa Boheme(1926) andDuel in the Sun(1946), for which she earned an Oscar nod; Victor Sjostrom'sThe Scarlet Letter(1926) andThe Wind(1928);John S. Robertson'sAnnie Laurie(1927); Fred Niblo'sThe Enemy(1927); Paul L. Stein'sOne Romantic Night(1930); Arthur Hopkins'His Double Life(1933); John Farrow'sCommandos Strike at Dawn(1942); Charles Lamont'sTop Man(1943);John Berry'sMiss Susie Slagle's(1946); William Dieterle'sPortrait of Jenny(1948); and Charles Laughton's thrillerThe Night of the Hunter(1955). In 1987, she reemerged, alongside Bette Davis, Vincent Price and Ann Sothern, forThe Whales of August. The high bidder is to pay $8.25 postage and handling within the United States or $13.75 overseas. New York residents must add sales tax. Thanks for looking!

Price: 45 USD

Location: Maspeth, New York

End Time: 2024-12-11T08:32:53.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.25 USD