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The author's friendship with the Gishes goes back to 1912. Lillian, left, was Bette Davis of her day. Dorothy was ace comedienne
the Gishes and the Talmadges were the inseparable clans of moviedom — and I think they knew more happiness, more joy in their work and greater camaraderie than the movie world has known before or since.
They were the pioneers along the glory road. Most of the movie actors before the era of the Pickfords, Gishes and Talmadges, had not been in the big money. Before them, movies were mere nickelodeon affairs and these three families were the first to blaze the way toward great picture fortunes
BUT they had not always been rich. Deep in the hearts of Charlotte Pickford and Mrs. Mae Gish and in their brood of talented children, were bitter memories of privation and hunger and the struggle to get the bare necessities of life. Mary, Lillian, Dorothy, Constance and Norma were the original Cinderellas of motion pictures — and I believe they were the gayest and happiest group of friends I have ever known. There was no jealousy between the clans. The Pickfords and the Gishes were so joyously Irish that Kathleen Norris might have written them into one of her famous Shamrock novels.
Today in Hollywood I think it is sad there is not more of this spontaneous happy spirit. More and more the presentday stars draw closer into their shells and there is little friendly mingling. Oh, perhaps when a big party comes along some of them will come out of seclusion and attend — but the spirit of one big happy family is gone, I am afraid, from Hollywood forever.
Lillian Gish, D. W. Griffith's lovely star, was the Bette Davis of her day. The other girls, including Mary, worshiped at her shrine and considered her a greater actress than Duse. Dorothy Gish was a veritable little gamine. She adored her dramatic sister, but she was not above mocking both Lillian and the supreme master, D. W. Griffith, when their backs were turned.
I first met the Gishes when they came to Chicago for the premiere of The Birth of a Nation. They were with D. W. and Mae Marsh, and while Lillian was the personification of dignity, Mae and Dorothy were out to have fun.
I was on a Chicago paper then and for some reason Dottie and Mae became my boon [Continued on page 60]
Noah and Wally Beery, until this year, hadn't been too friendly. Wally's happiness is unbounded with adopted daughter. Was best man at wedding of nephew, Noah, Jr.
One of the most talented set of sisters are the Lanes, three of whom, Priscilla, Lola and Rosemary, are pictured with their mother. They carry on where Talmadges left off