This First Edition, Signed copy of the magazine, The Mentor, Vol. 9 No. 6 - July 1921, was published by The Crowell Publishing Company of New York. This issue, which concentrates on the movie industry of that time, measures approximately 7 x 10 inches and contains 40 pages of text and illustrations. The item is signed twice by Lillian Gish, a leading lady of that era – once on the front cover and again, with the comment "all too true", on the first page of the issue’s lead-in article, authored by D. W. Griffith. The magazine is staple-bound in a paper cover which has, on the front face, a colorful decoration supporting the text and photograph of a movie shoot, and photographs and advertising on the other faces. Other than the cover being detached, the magazine is in very good condition.

Since the magazine does not contain a specific page of Table of Contents, the following list of major articles in the issue can provide a perspective into the scope of the issue.

• Motion Pictures – The Miracle of Modern Photography, by D. W. Griffith (10 pages)

• The Author and Motion Pictures, by Sir Gilbert Parker (3 pages)

• The Scenic Background, by Hugo Ballin (3 pages)

• Dramatist and the Photoplay, by Henry Arthur Jones (1 page)

• Fiction Writers and Scenarios, by Rupert Hughes (1 page)

• The Author and the Film, by Rex Beach (1 page)

Interspersed between and after these articles are multiple photographs and short articles supporting the status of film making in the early 1920s.

The illustrations accompanying this description show:

• The front cover, with Lilian Gish’s fist signature

• A 2-page spread showing the first page of the Griffith article, with a photograph of Griffith at work, and Lillian Gish’s comment and second signature.

• A 2-page spread showing photographs In The Land of Make-Believe

• A 2-page spread showing an article and related photograph

Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shortd, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17^th greatest female movie star of Xlassic Hollywood cinema. [Wikipedia]