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Joan the Woman

  • 19161916
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 18m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
603
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Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
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A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
603
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    • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Jeanie Macpherson(scenario)
    • William C. de Mille
  • Stars
    • Geraldine Farrar
    • Raymond Hatton
    • Hobart Bosworth
    • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Jeanie Macpherson(scenario)
    • William C. de Mille
  • Stars
    • Geraldine Farrar
    • Raymond Hatton
    • Hobart Bosworth
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    • 18User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (1916)
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    Geraldine Farrar, Tully Marshall, and Theodore Roberts in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Geraldine Farrar and Wallace Reid in Joan the Woman (1916)
    Jeanie Macpherson in Joan the Woman (1916)

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    Geraldine Farrar
    Geraldine Farrar
    • Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
    Raymond Hatton
    Raymond Hatton
    • Charles VII
    Hobart Bosworth
    Hobart Bosworth
    • Gen. La Hire
    Theodore Roberts
    Theodore Roberts
    • Cauchon
    Wallace Reid
    Wallace Reid
    • Eric Trent 1431…
    Charles Clary
    Charles Clary
    • La Tremouille
    James Neill
    James Neill
    • Laxart
    Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    • L'Oiseleur
    Lawrence Peyton
    • Gaspard
    Horace B. Carpenter
    Horace B. Carpenter
    • Jacques d'Arc
    Cleo Ridgely
    Cleo Ridgely
    • The King's Favorite
    Lillian Leighton
    Lillian Leighton
    • Isambeau
    Marjorie Daw
    Marjorie Daw
    • Katherine
    Ernest Joy
    Ernest Joy
    • Robert de Beaudricourt
    John Oaker
    • Jean de Metz
    Hugo B. Koch
    • Duke of Burgundy
    William Conklin
    William Conklin
    • John of Luxembourg
    Walter Long
    Walter Long
    • The Executioner
      • Cecil B. DeMille
      • Jeanie Macpherson(scenario)
      • William C. de Mille
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    Storyline

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    • 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
      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: No sword once drawn for France - shall be thrown down!

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood (1980)

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    10/10
    Spectacular visual feast.
    All the Demille trademarks are here - huge crowd scenes, wild orgies, torture - but there is also a beauty and imagination here that is lacking in some of his later work. The use of double exposures for Joan's visions, the magnificent use of lighting and colour tinting, reveal a film-maker of greater depth than we might expect.

    Opera diva Geraldine Farrar seems a little old and hefty for Joan of Arc, but once you get past that she truly gives an excellent performance. And Wallace Reid as her English lover lends strong support.

    The camera is a little static and the "spectacular" battle scene is really just hundreds of people running around waving sticks in the air and falling backwards off walls (and I think very little attention was paid to the safety of the extras and the horses), but this is still a very rewarding and innovative film. And we get the original 1916 score performed on a Wurlitzer.

    The historical story is framed by a World War 1 (then currently raging in Europe) scene, which adds poignancy to the piece, but does make the central thesis of the story (that God takes sides in wars) a little harder to take. Ramon Novarro's in this somewhere - can you find him?
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    • Jun 5, 1999

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1916 (United States)
      • United States
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 2 hours 18 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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