The point I stopped reading at yesterday seems to have been a stopping point for Lillian as well. After that she talks much less about the process of making movies and much more about the people in her life: her mother, sister, and mostly D. W. Griffith. She talks about his problems with money and alcohol in later life (after the silents.) When talkies came in, she did much work on stage only doing a few smaller parts in film, but did go back to film in the 40's and then into early television doing a number of plays live for TV in the 50's. The book was published in 1969 just after the death of her sister.
She died in February of 1993, at the age of 99. In movies and TV, she was in 119 "titles." This does not include her stage work. The last movie credited is The Whales of August in 1987. (She'd have been 93 for the filming of this.)
We will be keeping this book (most books we read get given to the Goodwill) as reference. TR has put a number of silent films onto CD. We never cease to be fascinated by the artistic quality and superb storytelling exhibited in these movies. The only books I have read that really give insights into the making of these is this book I just finished and Charlie Chaplin's autobiography.
Highly recommended!
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