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The Godless Girl
Director: Cecil B. De Mille (Dir)
Release Date:   31 Mar 1929
Duration (in feet):   9,328
Duration (in reels):   12
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Cast:   Lina Basquette (Judith Craig)  
    Marie Prevost (Mame)  
    George Duryea (Bob Hathaway)  
    Noah Beery (Head guard)  
    Eddie Quillan ("Goat")  
    Mary Jane Irving (Victim)  
    Clarence Burton    
    Dick Alexander (Guards)  
    Kate Price    
    Hedwig Reicher (Matrons)  
    Julia Faye    
    Viola Louie    
    Emily Barrye (Inmates)  
    Jimmy Aldine    
    Vivian Bay    
    Elaine Bennett    
    Wade Boteler    
    Betty Boyd    
    Julia Brown    
    Archie Burke    
    Colin Chase    
    Cameron Coffey    
    Cecilia De Mille    
    Jacqueline Dyris    
    George Ellis    
    Anielka Elter    
    James Farley    
    Larry Fisher    
    Evelyn Francisco    
    May Giraci    
    Grace Gordon    
    Milton Holmes    
    William Humphrey    
    George Irving    
    Peaches Jackson    
    Dolores Johnson    
    Jane Keckley    
    Nora Kildare    
    Richard Lapan    
    Ida McKenzie    
    Don Marion    
    Edith May    
    Mary Mayberry    
    Collette Merton    
    Buddy Messinger    
    Pat Moore    
    Jack Murphy    
    Pat Palmer    
    Janice Peters    
    Hortense Petra    
    Gertrude Quality    
    Rae Randall    
    Billie Van Avery    
    Dorothy Wax    

Summary: Judith Craig, the daughter of an atheist, forms a club called The Godless Society in her high school and begins to recruit members. Bob Hathaway, a stalwart Christian lad, incites the students to attack the atheists, and there is a riot. Grace is killed as a direct consequence of this disturbance, and Bob and Judith are sent to the state reformatory. Bob and Judith are badly treated by the head guard, and Bob, attacking the grocery man, escapes with Judith in his wagon. They are quickly recaptured and locked in cells. A fire breaks out, and Bob rescues both Judith and the head guard. As a result of this selfless bravery, Bob and Judith are returned to freedom, facing life with a renewed faith in Divine Providence. 

Production Company: C. B. De Mille Productions  
Distribution Company: Pathé Exchange, Inc.  
Director: Cecil B. De Mille (Dir)
  Frank Urson (Asst dir)
  Curt Rehfeld (Asst dir)
Writer: Jeanie MacPherson (Story)
  Jeanie MacPherson (Cont)
  Jeanie MacPherson (Dial)
  Beulah Marie Dix (Titles)
  Jeanie MacPherson (Titles)
Photography: Peverell Marley (Dir of photog)
  J. F. Westerberg (Addl photog)
  Franklin McBride (Addl photog)
Art Direction: Mitchell Leisen (Art dir)
Film Editor: Anne Bauchens (Film ed)
Costumes: Adrian (Cost)
Production Misc: Roy Burns (Props)
  Paul Sprunck (Tech eng)
Country: United States

Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
C. B. De Mille Productions 23/8/1928 dd/mm/yyyy LP25553

Physical Properties: b&w:
  Si with sd seq: Talking seq by Photophone
  Sd, also Si: Also si; 9,019 ft.

 
Genre: Melodrama
 
Subjects (Major): Atheists
  Clubs
  Fires
  High school students
  Prison guards
  Reformatories

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