JAMIE-No question that Sam has CORRECTLY sited Gish’s best turns above. But, if you go deeper into the films he has mentioned and see each one, you’ll agree that it is, indeed, this film, THE WIND, that Allan has so brilliantly written about her biggest triumph. Her turn here is a text book example of the true art of silent screen acting. Personally, I think its the only FEMALE performance to give PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC’s Falconeddi a run for the money, and we know THAT performance is DEFINATELY in the TOP 10 of the best in all of FILM HISTORY. So, do the math. No, no. The other Gish performances are great, but THE WIND is her jaw-dropper. Gish and Sjorstrom were on the same creative eave-lengths and were like the two halves that make up one brain. Gish even helped produce THE WIND, she was that passionate over it. Well, the passion shows with one of the TITANIC screen performances of the 20th century. See it. Never forget it. Gish was a goddess of the form.
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