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    Did Lillian Gish not eat for a week to prepare herself for her role in 'La Bohème' in 1926?

    Question #117603. Asked by serpa. (Sep 17 10 9:34 PM)


    SatchelPooch

    		According to Bright Lights Film Journal
    http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/gish.php
    she did indeed:

    "Gish's death scene in La Boheme is jaw-droppingly real, like something out of a horror movie, or a snuff film. To prepare herself, Gish went without food for days and dried her mouth out with cotton pads (again, this is Method acting years before the Actor's Studio)."

    Sep 18 10, 10:17 PM

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