Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The film Birth of a Nation has been studied for years for its introduction of film techniques that ...

The college censorship debate has reached Hollywood. More than 50 prominent artists, writers, and film scholars are supporting the restoration of the names of the Gish sisters, Dorothy and Lillian, to ...

Lillian and Dorothy Gish, sisters who came to fame in the early age of the silver screen, have roots in the Miami Valley. Lillian was born in Springfield on Oct. 14, 1893, to James Leigh Gish and Mary ...

Bowling Green State University in Ohio says it will not reconsider its decision to remove the late actress Lillian Gish’s name from a theater there because she appeared in the controversial film The ...

Bowling Green State University is removing from its theater the name of an actress tied to a century old movie now considered synonymous with racism. Its success is credited with helping popularize ...

Silent screen actress Lillian Gish died 30 years ago. She was just shy of her 100 th birthday. This year marks significant milestones in her long career. Though born in Springfield in 1893, Massillon ...

Ava DuVernay has been selected to receive the 27th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in honor of her ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of women and people of color through her film and TV work ...

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith‘s Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was ...