Joan the Woman

• Director: Cecil B. DeMille
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Epic
• Movie Type: Historical Epic, Biopic
• Themes: Message From God
• Release Year: 1916
• Country: US
• Run Time: 10rl minutes

Plot

A sweeping chronicle of the life and death of Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orlean, this epic stands as one of director Cecil B. DeMille's finest works and offers film buffs a fascinating look into the early years of one of Hollywood's greats. The story of the valiant French martyr is framed by the modern tale of a British soldier who, while fighting WW I, digs up a rusted 15th century sword. Soon afterward he falls asleep and begins dreaming that he is a soldier in Joan's army. With a cast of 1,400 extras, full-sized sets, spectacular battle scenes and hand-tinted prints, DeMille spared no expense with his epic and though the $300,000 seems paltry by today's filmmaking standards, it was a fortune in 1916. It was money well spent for Joan the Woman stand's times test as an exceptional example of the epic film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hobart Bosworth - Gen. La Hire; Charles Clary - La Tremouille; William Conklin - John Of Luxembourg; Marjorie Daw - Katherine; Billy Elmer - Guy Townes; Geraldine Farrar - Jeanne d'Arc; Clarence Geldert; Stephen W. Gray - Pierre; Raymond Hatton - Charles VII; Emilius Jorgensen - Michael; Ernest Joy - Robert de Beaudricourt; Hugo B. Koch - The Duke Of Burgundy; Lillian Leighton - Isambeau; Lucien Littlefield; Walter Long - The Executioner; Tully Marshall - L'Oiseleur, the Mad Monk; Ramon Novarro - Starving Peasant; James Neill - Laxart; John Oaker - Jean de Metz; Lawrence Peyton - Gaspard; Wallace Reid - Eric Trent; Theodore Roberts - Cauchon; Ramon Samaniegos - Starving Peasant; Horace B. Carpenter - Jacques d'Arc; Donald Crisp; George Melford; James Young; Cleo Ridgely - The King's Favorite

Credit

Wilfred Buckland - Art Director, Cecil B. DeMille - Director, Cecil B. DeMille - Editor, Alvin Wyckoff - Cinematographer, Cecil B. DeMille - Producer, Jeannie Macpherson - Screenwriter

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