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mm hmm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm Over easy with host Jim hearts and mary martin. Yeah, Well done. Yeah. Welcome Welcome. Welcome to Over Easy. You know, in the years to come. Medical experts tell us that more and more people will

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be living longer than ever before. But how far can the trend toward a longer life be extended as a big question? And what did those extra years mean to those fortunate enough to experience them? That's what we'll be asking. Dr James freeze of stanford University on

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today's program. He has some fascinating insights into the new look of letter life. And he also has some good advice for making every year. The best year. It can be absolutely. And we'll also take a look at an experimental program that's helping people of every age

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rediscover some of the joys of living that can sometimes be diminished by the stresses of the illnesses that we all experience in the course of a lifetime. I know one lady who's never lost the touch with the joy of living. She's Lillian gish, one of the

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most famous actresses in the history of show business and she's also a very dear close friend of mine. Wonderful lady Lillian and her sister Dorothy did more than star in some of the finest films from the early days of Hollywood. They helped launch the entire film

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industry eventually Lillian screen credits grew to a list of 100 titles from her first and unseen enemy in 1912 to the comedians filmed in 1967 Lydia and I had two memorable occasions recently the first was a Royal Command Gala in London for the Queen mother's 80th

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birthday where each of us discovered the other one was on the guest list only after we had arrived. And more recently we talked in front of our over easy camera in new york city. Let us show that conversation now with you mary and Miss Lillian Gish,

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Lillian. When I was a little girl growing up in Weatherford, I dreamed of many things like going on the stage. I dreamed of flying and they all came true. But I never, in my wildest dreams ever dreamed of meeting Lillian Gish and having her as a

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precious friend mary, you know, it's just the loveliest thing that ever happened to me and it's been going on for a very, very long time. May I echo every word you said and darling haven't We shared some of the most wonderful things and in our years

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of friendship which is over 30 years, I think it is. And we've shared friends and you brought one of the dearest friends I ever had in my life and look at the result sound of music. That's right, Vincent J Donahue, wasn't he something and you know,

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you you you gave him to me Well I knew you'd like one another, he left us and he never has left our hearts. I'm with him a great deal. He loved to sing and when I'm singing very loudly on the beach sometimes that's where he really

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liked to sing because when he was a little boy, they told him because he couldn't sing. The teacher did something terrible when in the first grade she said, now vinnie, you're going to be a listener. Can you believe a teacher saying that to anyone? So for

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the rest of his life, he sang very loudly. Not very well, but quite loud. Dear, beautiful, talented human being. Then we shared the same thing. A mother and sister love. Yes. Tell me about your mother. And my mother was the most perfect human being I ever

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knew or my sister ever knew. And and that took us together. We were three. They called us the three musketeers. All for 11 for all. It didn't matter who got it. Just so it was in the family. And you took such care of your mother? Well,

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she took care of us better than we ever could have her. Tell me, did you said something about you don't wear glasses. You see perfectly. And that's because of your mother. Mother took us to Conrad Barons. The finest Oculus in America. When we were in our

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teens thinking we'd be blind by the time we were 30 from these lights and I don't wear glasses and I go every year to have them examined my eyes. And did you learn to do lucky? Well, honey, it's just you, I bet other people could do.

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But you do exactly. You do exercises exercises, eye drops that he gave me and I do them to this day because you have to appreciate this house you live in, you don't get another house, But you are an authority on watching people's eyes in motion pictures.

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You say that's the soul and you know how to do it. I mean you know about the lighting, tell me tell me some of the things because in the early years we didn't have anyone to help us. I worked with the electrician, there were no unions.

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We were all one family. Everybody knew about the camera knew about how to develop and print the pictures. I knew all there was. I directed my first film when I was 20 years old. Did you read a real film for paramount? What was the name of

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it? Remodeling your husband and Dorothy and I wrote the story. I saw the rehearsal said it was all right left. Just left me with a whole studio to build up in America. But I love your title remodeling your husband and you didn't ever get married. I

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didn't want to. But you wrote a story about it. Yes, I admired people who did but I thought a good wife was a 24 hour a day job and I didn't have that much time. Why should I ruin a man's life? You see, So oh a

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lot of darling men that I, I didn't spoil, oh, there's another thing I wanted to ask you about because I've heard about it recently. There is a musical comedy that has been written about your and your life with Dorothy. Is it about the two of you?

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Is it kind of about your life? It's about the early films and it opened in England in october, it was called the biograph girl over there is coming here but I don't know what it will be called when it comes here. But this fall this fall,

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oh I want to be there. I want to be there with you on opening night. Yes let's make a date. It's a date now. Okay it's a date I'll be I don't care what where I am. I'll come back from brazil come back together. I fly

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now so much that I don't even need a while I should have been a pilot. I'm up there more than I am down here. We may meet in midair someday. We'll wave. Okay now there's something else that that I want you to talk about and and

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it's it's something very close to your heart. You've you've had this happen because you wanted it to happen so much about Mr Griffin but now you want it to happen for the theater now. Could you tell me about that? And I want to stamp for the

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actors fund you know the will be 100 years old next year and I think we should have a stamp because we take care of all the people in the theater that have served the theater, not just actors badly named because actors you think just but they

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look after their own and I think they deserve a stamp. And if you think so, please write to your Postmaster General and our president who is an actor and taking us all up a few pigs and and say you think so, maybe we'll get a stamp

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for the actors from that's the best. Only you could do this and you'll get a stamp. You got it from Mr David, you'll get it for the actors. I hope so. Tell me one thing in all this marvelous life of yours and you've had a beautiful

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one. Is there anything that you I wanted to do and didn't do yet because you could go on for 100 years more. You know that I hope I hope I don't want to wear out my welcome man. You never would do that. Is there anything I

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can't think of? Anything that I never asked for wanted what I got. It just came to me and I hope I did justice. Anything that came my way. But I've been more than gratified. But you're now doing lectures. I've been doing that. I've been around the

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world 33 times in five years. Working on the QE two and going by playing, working in Australia. Was that sign on the QE two? No, I lectured on, what was it, what was it fun? Better than going as a passenger because you meet the press, every

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port of call And you asked the press about their country's, you learn something about them. But see you are the kind of actress who wants to know about everybody else. They want to ask you questions, but you want to know. And I think that's thrilling. Well

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if I had a gift to give one a child I would give them curiosity because age doesn't make you old boredom. Makes you old. And if you have curiosity, you can never be bored. And then here we are at our late ages at our late ages

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and I am so curious about everything. I can't wait to learn. So curiosity is there is the answer. But the world is so exciting now. Was it ever like this? How could anybody be bored today? Can you imagine being in London one minute and Ireland another

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minute and back in Chicago. I did that in one day. Well I did it but I did it. I went on concord for three hours. I was in London in three hours just having lunch. I haven't done that yet. Oh, we'll do it mary. You know,

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you go up through the gray sky into the blue sky and then at noon time you're in the black sky 60,000 ft up. Oh darling Lady, you're always going to be in the sky. As far as I'm reserved. I'm so thrilled that you are here today

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and came into my life. Yeah. Isn't it a shame?