Letter from Lillian Gish, Chicago, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1930 October 23 : typescript signed.

Writing that she would be delighted to see Mr. O'Keeffe but she has had no word from him; lamenting that he is no longer in Chicago as she wanted him to see "Uncle Vanya", remarking that Seattle has not been treating him well judging from the state of his health, and promising that she will make "every effort" to see Mr. and Mrs. Bradford; mentioning that she visited the Art Institute to see the (Nicolai)Fechin portrait, and found that it "seems lovelier to me now, than it did five years ago"; writing that she is "happy to know that 'One romantic night might be a little better than I had thought", remarking that she does not remember making a film with Mabel Normand, and that she has not seen (D.W. Griffith's) "Abraham Lincoln", but that she hopes to have an opportunity to do so as it is playing in Chicago; responding to Wagenknecht's request to use her picture for a Christmas card, saying she is flattered, and that although she has no pictures of herself in character from "Uncle Vanya", she will look over what she has and send him a copy of the best, adding "I do believe 'Romola' surpasses the others."