The Godless Girl

"A STIRRING INDICTMENT OF THE GREATEST MENACE TO MODERN SOCIETY"

1928 1h 59m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 16

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Synopsis

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High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy go to reform school where they are treated brutally.

“A STIRRING INDICTMENT OF THE GREATEST MENACE TO MODERN SOCIETY”

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Cast

Lina Basquette
Judy Craig
Tom Keene
Bob Hathaway
Marie Prevost
Mame
Noah Beery
The Brute
Eddie Quillan
Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
Mary Jane Irving
The Victim
Clarence Burton
Prison Guard
Kate Price
Prison Matron

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writers: Jeanie Macpherson
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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98 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Anne Bauchens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lina Basquette and Tom Keene and Marie Prevost carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A STIRRING INDICTMENT OF THE GREATEST MENACE TO MODERN SOCIETY".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0019935 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Cecil B. DeMille directs. J. Peverell Marley behind the camera. Anne Bauchens cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

198 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Anne Bauchens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lina Basquette and Tom Keene and Marie Prevost carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A STIRRING INDICTMENT OF THE GREATEST MENACE TO MODERN SOCIETY".
7IMDB entry: tt0019935 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Editing: Anne Bauchens
Costume design: Adrian
Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Godless Girl (1928)

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CinemaSerf2022-06-06
★ 7/10
After an incident at their high school, Lina Basquette and Tom Keene find themselves sent to an harsh and brutal state "reformatory" where they must deal with the nasty Noah Beery and his team of pretty cruel guards. During the course of the remainder of the film, the characters challenge their long held beliefs, whilst determining to survive this ghastly regime. This film is more notable for the fact that it is the last silent film from Cecil B. De Mille, but as far as the actual story goes, it is a very thinly spread couple of hours and though the performances are of a high standard; the production is lively and active and I particularly liked the way newspaper headline were used as inter-titles now and again, it struggles to hold the attention at times. It is quite a long watch that tends to recycle the nastiness just once too often, but the last twenty minutes bring the thing alive with a wonderfully staged conflagration that in some ways also vindicated the underlying storyline: a retribution on those who perpetrated abuse on these underprivileged people in the name of the Lord, but who were in reality, little more than horrible bullies.

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