The Gish Sisters Blogathon is here!

The day has finally arrived! The Gish Sisters Blogathon, hosted by myself and Fritzi of Movies Silently, is upon us! Today through September 9, we’re paying tribute to all things Gish in honor of the 101st anniversary of Lillian and Dorothy’s film debut, An Unseen Enemy.

In this post I’ll be linking every contribution to the blogathon over the next three days. Check back often for updates! The list will be separated by post date, and each of those sections of the list will be listed in alphabetical order by blog title, making it super-duper easy for everyone to keep up with all of the blogathon action!

Pre-blogathon posts:

• My announcement post | Fritzi’s announcement post
• Blogathon schedule
• Once Upon a Screen: The Gish Sisters – an album

September 7:

• Critica Retro: Orphans of the Storm
• Donald Mania: Video tribute
• Falderal: The White Sister
• The Film Librarian: Video remix of An Unseen Enemy, Lillian Gish profile, A few words on the Gish Sisters
• Films Worth Watching: The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
• The Great Katherine Hepburn: Remodeling Her Husband
• Movies Silently: Gretchen the Greenhorn
• Nitrate Glow: Poetry inspired by Lillian Gish, Broken Blossoms
• Once Upon a Screen: The Musketeers of Pig Alley
• The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion: Have You Been Gished?
• portraitsbyjenni: The Scarlet Letter + BGSU’s Gish Theater
• The “Semi” Daily Maine: Broken Blossoms
• Silent Volume: La Boheme, The Mothering Heart
• They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To: The Whales of August

September 8:

• Cinemalacrum – The Night of the Hunter
• Cinematic Catharsis: Broken Blossoms
• Films Worth Watching: True Heart Susie
• Girls Do Film: Romola
• MIB’s Instant Headache: The Birth of a Nation Blu-ray review (+ links to previous Gish content on the site!)
• Motion Picture Gems: Centennial Summer
• The Motion Pictures: Sweet Liberty
• Outspoken & Freckled: Night of the Hunter
• The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion: Don’t You Wish You Were a Gish?
• Silent Volume: Birth of a Nation, Intolerance
• Silver Screenings: A Portrait of Lillian Gish (Lillian in A Portrait of Jennie)
• The Soul of the Plot: Duel in the Sun
• Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: The Wind

September 9:

• Don’t Upset Granny Gish: His Double Life
• Falderal: Reassessing the Legacy of Mary Pickford through Lillian Gish
• The Joy and Agony of Movies: Intolerance
• The Last Drive In: Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “Body in the Barn”
• The Motion Pictures: The Cardinal
• Movie Classics: The Scarlet Letter
• Movies Silently: An Unseen Enemy
• The Nitrate Diva: Hearts of the World
• The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion: Gish Sisters Have Imperfect Noses
• Silent Volume – Rebirth of a Nation
• True Classics – La Boheme

UPDATE 9/9/13: There you have it, folks! As I post this final update, in about 34 minutes the last day of the Gish Sisters Blogathon will officially have ended. I’d like to thank everyone who participated — we have had so many wonderful, thoughtful entries on the careers of both sisters! And of course, I would like to give a very special thank you to my co-hostess, and the mind that conceived this blogathon, Fritzi of Movies Silently. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner in bringing this event to life, and I think we’ve done a pretty darn good job of celebrating the lives and work of Dorothy and Lillian. :)