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The Gish Sisters of Ohio are commemorated at BGSU where real-life film buff (much more than Silver Nitrate could ever hope to be) emeritus professor Ralph Haven Wolfe (now curator) led the establishment of the Gish Theater & Gallery. Ralph was a friend when I was in OhioâŚ.
Anxious to get to the Captain Video show in the strip. There are very few fragments left of the original TV show and no entire episode, at least, none that I know of. I have some of the fragments on disk and treasure them. The movie serial, however, is available.
The Gish sisters and their mother all went into acting because their father was an alcoholic and hardly ever around, so they had to support themselves. After about a decade of local theatre, all of them found themselves in Hollywood films, mostly the girls, who make an incredible number of silent shorts in the 1910s and early 1920s before slowing down in the sound era.
O.K., Iâm not a smoker and have no wish to be, but is it even possible to chew popcorn and hold a cigarette in your lips at the same time?I notice that Vista Bill had a similar observation earlier this morning.
After I read your comment, I went back to the top and re-read Maryâs remarks. I donât see how that can be construed as âsnobbish.â It seems to me it was just a friendly word of encouragement, even if she herself recognizes that Vitamin is somewhat âover the topâ in his mannerisms.
Lillian Gish wrote an excellent autobiography called âThe Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me.â Donât know if itâs still in print (I read it 30 years ago), but itâs worth a read. Dorothy died in 1968, but Lillian lived until 1993, passing just a few months short of her 100th birthday (many sources listed her birth year as 1896, but her birth certificate surfaced in the late â80s and it showed 1893).Lillianâs last film was in the mid-1980s!
In the early 70s, when I was attending the University of Delaware, I was a member of a group that sponsored a speech by Miss Lillian Gish. I volunteeredd to introduce her and got to meet her. What an elegant an lovely lady. I was reminded of the phrase âpressed flowersâ from Arsenic and old Lace, although I doubt she was a poisoner!. I still have the program from the event that she signed for me. I totally agree with Vitaminâs disdain for the atrocious pun.
captain video was a 15 chapter serial in the early 50s, toward the end of the âserialâ period. Judd Holdren a veteran of other sci-fi serials was the star.
Overlooking the horrible pun, there is information there. Apparently, he ârestoresâ old films. He mentioned earlier that the film was about to disintegrate. I wonder if this film was on cellulose nitrate stock. Really, studios stopped using nitrate stock just before Captain Video started, but it may be implied anyway. However, I donât think that nitrate film actually âdisintegratesâ (I think that was the word he used). More likely it may become sticky and is apt to spontaneously combust. If he is actually showing the nitrate film, this may be the last time it is ever shown, not to mention that the whole building could be in danger of fire.
On another matter, it seems that he is not merely chewing with a cigarette in his mouth. In the third frame, it seems that he is tossing popcorn into his mouth while holding the cigarette in his mouth, a truly remarkable feat. I know that I couldnât toss popcorn into my mouth without opening it fairly wide.
You, sir, are as goofy as a peach orchard squirrel! No one chose death as a means to insult you. I was only making reference to the fact that in the last few days, you mentioned people that died, including the one above. I only brought that up as a curiosity. I donât read the obits. People in showbiz at that time do seem to die in their late eighties, as do other folks. So, please donât take offense! It was not a death threat to you. You, apparently, take a lot of normal contact with people as threatening, and you might have a psychiatrist take a look at that for you. Thatâs not normal. Have a quiet weekend!
Personally, I thank SDM (and/or) anyone else that lets me know that someone I may have cared about passed away. Brings back a lot of memories from my past. A lot of times, they are happy ones & solicit a smile.
Iâll always remember this story about this fine lady. Lillian Gish was to be interviewed alongside the latest ârising starâ in Hollywood, Molly Ringwald:From PEOPLE magazine: "Lillian Gish was in a dither. In honor of the expected guest, who was invited by PEOPLE, she had put on her best opal necklace and a sumptuous velvet skirt. âAnd you say the young ladyâs name is Molly Ringwald?â she asked excitedly as she set out cookies. âAnd we are to talk about the difference between actresses then and actresses now? Oh, dear, I hope I wonât bore her.â She didnât get the chanceâLa Ringwald never arrived. The carrot-topped teen, who achieved quickie celebrity in Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, stood up the 86-year-old grande dame of the movies, the superstar of Hollywoodâs first masterpieces; D.W. Griffithâs The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. The appointment was for noon. Miss Gish waited patiently until almost 3 p.m. Then she said sadly, âI guess she doesnât care because Iâm old.â Some hours later Ringwald sent a dozen roses, along with an excuse that to a lady of Miss Gishâs generation sounded like another insult: âJust as I was leaving, I smashed my hand in the door, and I had to put some ice on it to keep it from swelling. ThenâŚI couldnât find a taxi, and when I finally did, I didnât have the right address.â Meanwhile, to pass the time, Miss Gish regaled her company with lively memories of movieland."One glamorous lady & one forgettable (insert your own word here)!
mikatt1 about 11 years ago
Oh good!, now we get the bad jokes!
Ashmael about 11 years ago
Good morning, DT fans!Silverâs âhumorâ reminds me of the dreadful jokes on the fictional strip âsawdustâ during the Moon period!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠about 11 years ago
Good morning everyoneâŚ
When do they find time to eat popcorn with the chain smoking contest going on?
Wiseking about 11 years ago
He he! Gishwasher!
Ashmael about 11 years ago
I know why he keeps a hyena, so heâll have someone who laughs at his puns!
blunebottle about 11 years ago
Well, ya learn something every dayâŚ..I had only heard of Lilian- didnât know there was a set of Gishes!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl about 11 years ago
coldsooner about 11 years ago
Arrrrgh. And I was starting to like this Silver guyâŚ
x_Tech about 11 years ago
That was so bad someone should call the Major Crimes Unit (MCU).
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
The Gish Sisters of Ohio are commemorated at BGSU where real-life film buff (much more than Silver Nitrate could ever hope to be) emeritus professor Ralph Haven Wolfe (now curator) led the establishment of the Gish Theater & Gallery. Ralph was a friend when I was in OhioâŚ.
nicolacuti about 11 years ago
Anxious to get to the Captain Video show in the strip. There are very few fragments left of the original TV show and no entire episode, at least, none that I know of. I have some of the fragments on disk and treasure them. The movie serial, however, is available.
pschearer Premium Member about 11 years ago
When you Gish upon a starâŚ
Neil Wick about 11 years ago
The Gish sisters and their mother all went into acting because their father was an alcoholic and hardly ever around, so they had to support themselves. After about a decade of local theatre, all of them found themselves in Hollywood films, mostly the girls, who make an incredible number of silent shorts in the 1910s and early 1920s before slowing down in the sound era.
dewcoons about 11 years ago
When did Jim Scancarelli start writing Dick Tracy?
jamesdee about 11 years ago
Nice.
jrankin1959 about 11 years ago
And at last we know the identity of Mel Brooksâ 2000-year-old manâŚ
Ken in Ohio about 11 years ago
O.K., Iâm not a smoker and have no wish to be, but is it even possible to chew popcorn and hold a cigarette in your lips at the same time?I notice that Vista Bill had a similar observation earlier this morning.
Ken in Ohio about 11 years ago
After I read your comment, I went back to the top and re-read Maryâs remarks. I donât see how that can be construed as âsnobbish.â It seems to me it was just a friendly word of encouragement, even if she herself recognizes that Vitamin is somewhat âover the topâ in his mannerisms.
steveyorkdesigns about 11 years ago
Artwork: Especially great expressions today!
Paul1963 about 11 years ago
Lillian Gish wrote an excellent autobiography called âThe Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me.â Donât know if itâs still in print (I read it 30 years ago), but itâs worth a read. Dorothy died in 1968, but Lillian lived until 1993, passing just a few months short of her 100th birthday (many sources listed her birth year as 1896, but her birth certificate surfaced in the late â80s and it showed 1893).Lillianâs last film was in the mid-1980s!
abdullahbaba999 about 11 years ago
A blast from the pastâŚSchmatzy is the word that comes to mindâŚ
ColonelClaus about 11 years ago
I do remember being able to drink a coke with a cig in my mouth. But I quit smoking in â97
orbenjawell Premium Member about 11 years ago
A REAL comedian, this oneâŚâŚ..
stomaino about 11 years ago
In the early 70s, when I was attending the University of Delaware, I was a member of a group that sponsored a speech by Miss Lillian Gish. I volunteeredd to introduce her and got to meet her. What an elegant an lovely lady. I was reminded of the phrase âpressed flowersâ from Arsenic and old Lace, although I doubt she was a poisoner!. I still have the program from the event that she signed for me. I totally agree with Vitaminâs disdain for the atrocious pun.
mumbles about 11 years ago
Captain Video was a 15 chapter serial in the ea
mumbles about 11 years ago
captain video was a 15 chapter serial in the early 50s, toward the end of the âserialâ period. Judd Holdren a veteran of other sci-fi serials was the star.
Neil Wick about 11 years ago
Overlooking the horrible pun, there is information there. Apparently, he ârestoresâ old films. He mentioned earlier that the film was about to disintegrate. I wonder if this film was on cellulose nitrate stock. Really, studios stopped using nitrate stock just before Captain Video started, but it may be implied anyway. However, I donât think that nitrate film actually âdisintegratesâ (I think that was the word he used). More likely it may become sticky and is apt to spontaneously combust. If he is actually showing the nitrate film, this may be the last time it is ever shown, not to mention that the whole building could be in danger of fire.
On another matter, it seems that he is not merely chewing with a cigarette in his mouth. In the third frame, it seems that he is tossing popcorn into his mouth while holding the cigarette in his mouth, a truly remarkable feat. I know that I couldnât toss popcorn into my mouth without opening it fairly wide.
Morrow Cummings about 11 years ago
You, sir, are as goofy as a peach orchard squirrel! No one chose death as a means to insult you. I was only making reference to the fact that in the last few days, you mentioned people that died, including the one above. I only brought that up as a curiosity. I donât read the obits. People in showbiz at that time do seem to die in their late eighties, as do other folks. So, please donât take offense! It was not a death threat to you. You, apparently, take a lot of normal contact with people as threatening, and you might have a psychiatrist take a look at that for you. Thatâs not normal. Have a quiet weekend!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl about 11 years ago
Russell Johnson, Dave Madden and Ruth Robinson Duccini (the Munchkin portrayer)Iâve heard they always go in groups of three.
cpalmeresq about 11 years ago
Personally, I thank SDM (and/or) anyone else that lets me know that someone I may have cared about passed away. Brings back a lot of memories from my past. A lot of times, they are happy ones & solicit a smile.
cpalmeresq about 11 years ago
Iâll always remember this story about this fine lady. Lillian Gish was to be interviewed alongside the latest ârising starâ in Hollywood, Molly Ringwald:From PEOPLE magazine: "Lillian Gish was in a dither. In honor of the expected guest, who was invited by PEOPLE, she had put on her best opal necklace and a sumptuous velvet skirt. âAnd you say the young ladyâs name is Molly Ringwald?â she asked excitedly as she set out cookies. âAnd we are to talk about the difference between actresses then and actresses now? Oh, dear, I hope I wonât bore her.â She didnât get the chanceâLa Ringwald never arrived. The carrot-topped teen, who achieved quickie celebrity in Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, stood up the 86-year-old grande dame of the movies, the superstar of Hollywoodâs first masterpieces; D.W. Griffithâs The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. The appointment was for noon. Miss Gish waited patiently until almost 3 p.m. Then she said sadly, âI guess she doesnât care because Iâm old.â Some hours later Ringwald sent a dozen roses, along with an excuse that to a lady of Miss Gishâs generation sounded like another insult: âJust as I was leaving, I smashed my hand in the door, and I had to put some ice on it to keep it from swelling. ThenâŚI couldnât find a taxi, and when I finally did, I didnât have the right address.â Meanwhile, to pass the time, Miss Gish regaled her company with lively memories of movieland."One glamorous lady & one forgettable (insert your own word here)!