DW GRIFFITH THE MOTHERING HEART 1913 LILLIAN GISH SILENT FILMS on DVD at TVDAYS.com

[tdell1275]

Thanks, karlakor!

[bass109]

Jesus christ loves you all, he is coming for you all soon.

[shialover777]

i'd say lillian garth was ahead of her time

[Onlymusical]

Just saw a magnificently restored print of this on the big screen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City yesterday. Unbelievably involving. MoMA presents a comprehensive Lillian Gish retrospective begun this past Friday. Fantastic. Also most interesting to see Lionel Barrymore in 1913 in several of her Griffith shorts. A big, strapping character not yet confined to a wheelchair with arthritis and an incredible actor.

[tdell1275]

What is the name of this music?

[karlakor]

@tdell1275 The music accompanying this film is Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Johannes Brahms. Brahms composed two sets of variations on this theme, each set beginning with the Paganini theme. The two sets are often played together, one after the other, with the repeat of the theme omitted at the start of the second set. In this recording, the second set of variations begins at 12:12.

[hcmontessori]

I named my daughter after her.

[mandydancerful]

This is a great short movie,I read in her autobiography that D.W Griffith told her when she wanted that part ,she looked to young to convincingly play that part,and she didn't have the right figure so they put padding under her costumes to change her figure.....I am glad he gave her the part,I don't know of anyone else that could have brought the emotion she put into that part!

[kfarm2001]

Yes, silent films and silent film acting need to be studied and appreciated. This was and is real artistry.

[Cigarettes5]

Good old video!

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[Hattie1992]

I love the last scene. You don't need words to sum up the empotion in that scene.

[superdavid002]

I mention Gish in The Celebrity Song.

[carrotville]

Lillian Gish (1893-1993) had the longest professional career of any actor in history, from 1912 until 1989.

[dAvrilthebear]

So it's 1913 and finally it begins to really look like Griffith!

The subject is not afraid to approach the camera, the editor is not afraid to cut in and cut out in a scene, and I think the lighting is suddenly much better?

It's really enjoyable to watch, thank you!

[dAvrilthebear]

I also like, how she vanishes behind a tree at 14:16, as if she vanishes emotionally.

[TVDAYS2]

All you get to watch are xerox copies. In the days it came out it was high quailty images.

[BSNFabricating]

I'd love to see these movies as the audiences saw them back then... Like you said, they weren't the grainy, old-looking images we see today... The years have taken their toll, and we should be thankful there are as many of these old classics around as there are (they say about 90% are lost).

Also, am I the only one who finds it incredible that Lillian Gish was still making movies into the late 1980's? That has to be close to a record, not just in show business, but in ANY business...

[funygirl38]

The silent film genre was a true artists genre, all emotion had to be conveyed with a look or gestures or setting...it was a thinking persons era. I can see why she was such a star.

[asianxshippox]

Does anybody know where I can get Lillian Gish's movie "The White Sister"? I can't find it on youtube.

[praguephotog]

@asianxshippox You can get it from Grapevine video, but the print is terrible in places.

[dodginraindrops]

She did things so subtly and it worked so well for her, she just let it play out on her face. So great! Thanks for posting!

[biaamol]

this movie is simply amazing!

[nikkiexbaybee]

Thank you so much for posting this. Lillian Gish was an agonizingly beautiful woman and her acting managed to be so subtle in a time of huge gesture. She was a true screen legend.

[MissyHolland]

tdell1275, Is that because she's pretty or because she really knows how to handle an axe?? LOL

[tdell1275]

Good point! I guess both!

[tdell1275]

No way I would ever cheat on Lillian Gish!!!

[adriandell]

How about Dorothy or Mary Pickford?

[BlueSoulJim]

a puppy dog with head stuck in the can was so cute!

[foreal1992]

Pretty cool.

[violetsky35]

Is this music from the actual film? I watched this in class and i think it had different music

[ReignOfPraine]

Yeah. there is no way that music production could sound this good in those days.

[italiajuventus1]

It is so nice to be able to find films like this on YouTube. Lillian Gish is so amazing. There has never been another like her.

[skylarandmoose]

Walter Miller and Lillian Gish were both beautiful beyond compare, and both did superb jobs acting in this film.

Thanks for posting... what a great first film to watch in 2009!

[praguephotog]

@skylarandmoose I'm also a fan of Walter Miller's. It's a shame he didn't continue with Griffith.

[graffititigger]

Thanks for posting. I've been wanting to see this one. The acting is excellent, but the music doesn't match the story at all.

[filthandfury]

Had to be so much harder to act when you couldn't rely on words

[MiracleKD18]

Lillian Gish is soooo beautiful.

[praguephotog]

Lillian Gish, truly one of a kind. Her characters, no matter how frail they appeared to be, were always tough as steel.

[Gabster1990]

No matter what time period it is, their is always some skanks or cheaters!

[VicktheChick]

Wow what a treat! Thanks for posting this classic. So sad so many were lost when the film deteriorated.

[Zecifer]

Lillian is so good in this film. Her way of showing expression is very subtle and enjoyable, something many silent movies lack.

[shnokies]

Absolutely amazing I just can't believe that I finally saw it I have been searching all over for it thank you so much

[4MaryAnna]

not only is the guy an idiot for cheating on Lillian,but he's a double idiot for having the other woman pick him up right outside his home....dude,get some class!You're not worthy of your beauitful wife(who's beautiful inside and out,unlike that other one)

Mary-

[ryebuckz]

THANK YOU for posting this. After reading about Lillian hacking up the rose bushes, I had to see it. She was perhaps one of the prettiest women I have ever seen.

[TVNETWORKS]

Next to my mother..but I agree

[jackcajyeh1228]

anyone has any clue on how the baby died?

[praguephotog]

Infant mortality was much higher then than now. It could have been any one of a number of causes - disease, birth defect, etc.

[jackcajyeh1228]

that motherfker dumped Lillian for that tranny?

how would that ever happen?

[cynthiailly]

That was so heartbreaking!

[VynFot]

lillian is so good!

[BellaChanson]

That's so tragic. :( Lillian was much better than that other stupid broad anyway.

[tel58]

Thank you for sharing thsi film history.