2nd: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)!FlagReply
2nd: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)!FlagReply