sophiebacall:Broken Blossoms, 1919During the filming of the iconic “closet scene", Lillian Gish
sophiebacall:Broken Blossoms, 1919During the filming of the iconic “closet scene", Lillian Gish’s performance of pure, animalistic terror was so realistic that director D.W. Griffith felt compelled to shout back at her and urge her further. A passer-by heard this going on and, sure that something awful was going on, had to be stopped from rushing into the studio. Co-star Richard Barthelmess reported that her hysteria was induced by Griffith’s taunting of her. Lillian herself claimed that she improvised the girl’s tortured movements on the spot and when she finished the scene a hush fell on stage, broken finally by Griffith’s exclamation, ‘My God, why didn’t you warn me you were going to do that?’" -- source link
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