Joan the Woman (1916)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers:

Jeanie Macpherson (scenario)
William C. de Mille (writer)

Release Date:

25 December 1916 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History | Mystery | War

Tagline:

Based on the life of the immortal Joan of Arc

Plot:

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

Plot Keywords:

Vision | Joan Of Arc | Peasant | WWI | Bunker

Cast

Geraldine Farrar	...	Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
Raymond Hatton	...	Charles VII
Hobart Bosworth	...	Gen. La Hire
Theodore Roberts	...	Cauchon
Wallace Reid	...	Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
Charles Clary	...	La Tremouille
James Neill	...	Laxart
Tully Marshall	...	L'Oiseleur
Lawrence Peyton	...	Gaspard
Horace B. Carpenter	...	Jacques d'Arc
Cleo Ridgely	...	The king's favorite
Lillian Leighton	...	Isambeau
Marjorie Daw	...	Katherine
Stephen Gray	...	Pierre
Ernest Joy	...	Robert de Beaudricourt

Runtime:

Germany:100 min | Germany:138 min (2003) | USA:138 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color (Handschiegel Color) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cardinal Film

Trivia:

When the film began its road-show run in major cities it was 12 reels long, but, over director Cecil B. DeMille's objections, was quickly shortened to 10 reels.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Trent discovers the sword, he holds the hilt in his right hand. In the insert close-up the hilt is in his left hand. In the cutback, it has returned to the right. (In fact, the insert shot has been spliced in upside-down.)

Quotes:

Jeanne d'Arc: Englishman, there is room in each heart but for one love - mine is for France!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV)

A curiosity, not as masterpiece

I saw the Eastman House print, where only the final 20 minutes or so were tinted and where the titles in the first half hour were very jumpy.

The acting is better than average for movies of the time, though modern artists may think odd the scenes where Geraldine Farrar emotes to the camera.

Best for the sets and the costumes. I thought that the attack on the castle was the best part of the movie, and the early scenes in Joan's home village were very atmospheric.

The story itself is more to be ignored and seems to take history just as a jumping off point.