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 Ohio….
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., I’m 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 Mary’s remarks. I don’t see how that can be construed as “snobbish.” It seems to me it was just a friendly word of encouragement, even if she herself recognizes that Vitamin is somewhat “over the top” in his mannerisms.
Lillian Gish wrote an excellent autobiography called “The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me.” Don’t know if it’s still in print (I read it 30 years ago), but it’s 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 ‘80s and it showed 1893).Lillian’s 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 “pressed flowers” 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 Vitamin’s disdain for the atrocious pun.
captain video was a 15 chapter serial in the early 50s, toward the end of the “serial” period. Judd Holdren a veteran of other sci-fi serials was the star.
Overlooking the horrible pun, there is information there. Apparently, he “restores” 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 don’t think that nitrate film actually “disintegrates” (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 couldn’t 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 don’t read the obits. People in showbiz at that time do seem to die in their late eighties, as do other folks. So, please don’t 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. That’s 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.
I’ll always remember this story about this fine lady. Lillian Gish was to be interviewed alongside the latest “rising star” 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. “And you say the young lady’s name is Molly Ringwald?” she asked excitedly as she set out cookies. “And we are to talk about the difference between actresses then and actresses now? Oh, dear, I hope I won’t bore her.” She didn’t get the chance—La 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 Hollywood’s first masterpieces; D.W. Griffith’s 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, “I guess she doesn’t care because I’m old.” Some hours later Ringwald sent a dozen roses, along with an excuse that to a lady of Miss Gish’s generation sounded like another insult: “Just 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. Then…I couldn’t find a taxi, and when I finally did, I didn’t have the right address.” 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 over 10 years ago
Oh good!, now we get the bad jokes!
Ashmael over 10 years ago
Good morning, DT fans!Silver’s “humor” reminds me of the dreadful jokes on the fictional strip “sawdust” during the Moon period!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 10 years ago
Good morning everyone…
When do they find time to eat popcorn with the chain smoking contest going on?
Wiseking over 10 years ago
He he! Gishwasher!
Ashmael over 10 years ago
I know why he keeps a hyena, so he’ll have someone who laughs at his puns!
blunebottle over 10 years ago
Well, ya learn something every day…..I had only heard of Lilian- didn’t know there was a set of Gishes!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 10 years ago
coldsooner over 10 years ago
Arrrrgh. And I was starting to like this Silver guy…
x_Tech over 10 years ago
That was so bad someone should call the Major Crimes Unit (MCU).
Sisyphos over 10 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 Ohio….
nicolacuti over 10 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 over 10 years ago
When you Gish upon a star…
Neil Wick over 10 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 over 10 years ago
When did Jim Scancarelli start writing Dick Tracy?
jamesdee over 10 years ago
Nice.
jrankin1959 over 10 years ago
And at last we know the identity of Mel Brooks’ 2000-year-old man…
Ken in Ohio over 10 years ago
O.K., I’m 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 over 10 years ago
After I read your comment, I went back to the top and re-read Mary’s remarks. I don’t see how that can be construed as “snobbish.” It seems to me it was just a friendly word of encouragement, even if she herself recognizes that Vitamin is somewhat “over the top” in his mannerisms.
steveyorkdesigns over 10 years ago
Artwork: Especially great expressions today!
Paul1963 over 10 years ago
Lillian Gish wrote an excellent autobiography called “The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me.” Don’t know if it’s still in print (I read it 30 years ago), but it’s 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 ‘80s and it showed 1893).Lillian’s last film was in the mid-1980s!
abdullahbaba999 over 10 years ago
A blast from the past…Schmatzy is the word that comes to mind…
ColonelClaus over 10 years ago
I do remember being able to drink a coke with a cig in my mouth. But I quit smoking in ’97
orbenjawell Premium Member over 10 years ago
A REAL comedian, this one……..
stomaino over 10 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 “pressed flowers” 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 Vitamin’s disdain for the atrocious pun.
mumbles over 10 years ago
Captain Video was a 15 chapter serial in the ea
mumbles over 10 years ago
captain video was a 15 chapter serial in the early 50s, toward the end of the “serial” period. Judd Holdren a veteran of other sci-fi serials was the star.
Neil Wick over 10 years ago
Overlooking the horrible pun, there is information there. Apparently, he “restores” 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 don’t think that nitrate film actually “disintegrates” (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 couldn’t toss popcorn into my mouth without opening it fairly wide.
Morrow Cummings over 10 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 don’t read the obits. People in showbiz at that time do seem to die in their late eighties, as do other folks. So, please don’t 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. That’s not normal. Have a quiet weekend!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 10 years ago
Russell Johnson, Dave Madden and Ruth Robinson Duccini (the Munchkin portrayer)I’ve heard they always go in groups of three.
cpalmeresq over 10 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 over 10 years ago
I’ll always remember this story about this fine lady. Lillian Gish was to be interviewed alongside the latest “rising star” 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. “And you say the young lady’s name is Molly Ringwald?” she asked excitedly as she set out cookies. “And we are to talk about the difference between actresses then and actresses now? Oh, dear, I hope I won’t bore her.” She didn’t get the chance—La 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 Hollywood’s first masterpieces; D.W. Griffith’s 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, “I guess she doesn’t care because I’m old.” Some hours later Ringwald sent a dozen roses, along with an excuse that to a lady of Miss Gish’s generation sounded like another insult: “Just 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. Then…I couldn’t find a taxi, and when I finally did, I didn’t have the right address.” 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)!