Phyllis Moir

(secretary to Lillian, 1925-27)


CONTENTS

PART I
I.[A Girl Child, Born with a Caul]
II.[Life and a Little Girl]
III.[On Nat Goodwin’s Shoulder]
IV.[“Theatre People”]
V.[A Little Trouper]
VI.[Adventures of Dorothy]
VII.[Mary Pickford in the Scene]
VIII.[“Down the Line”]
IX.[“Her First False Step”]
X.[Dorothy’s Tree]
XI.[“Supporting Bernhardt”]
XII.[Massillon Days]
XIII.[Where the “Road” Ends. Nell]
XIV.[A Convent School. Typhoid]
XV.[Shawnee]
XVI.[It Sounds Like Heaven]
PART II
I.[“Mr. Biograph”]
II.[Griffith’s Group of Players]
III.[Belasco Delivers a Verdict]
IV.[A Studio on Pico Street]
V.[The Path to Stardom]
VI.[“Home Sweet Home”]
VII.[“The Birth of a Nation”]
VIII.[“Intolerance”]
IX.[There Were No Love Affairs]
X.[The Nightmare of War]
XI.[Under Fire]
XII.[France]
XIII.[“Hearts of the World”]
XIV.[“Broken Blossoms”]
XV.[“I Work Such Long Hours”]
XVI.[Director Lillian]
XVII.[“Way Down East”]
XVIII.[Sad, Unprofitable Days]
XIX.[Picturing the Reign of Terror]
PART III
I.[Italy]
II.[“The White Sister”]
III.[“Romola”]
IV.[Also, the Intelligentsia]
V.[“La Bohême”]
VI.[“The Scarlet Letter”]
VII.[“The First Lady of the Screen”]
VIII.[“Wind”]
IX.[Good-bye California]
X.[Reinhardt]
XI.[The Shadow Speaks]
XII.[On the Flying Carpet]
XIII.[“One Romantic Night”]
PART IV
I.[“Uncle Vanya”]
II.[“Helena” in New York]
III.[“The Penalty of Greatness”]
IV.[Working with Lillian]
V.[“Uncle Vanya” Takes the Road]
VI.[Reliving The Years]
VII.[A Few Notes]
VIII.[L’Envoi]

ILLUSTRATIONS


PROLOGUE

(Scene: Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”—end of second act. Lillian Gish as Helena)