Joan of Plattsburg is a 1918 American propaganda comedy-drama film co-directed by William Humphrey and George Loane Tucker, written by Tucker from a story by Porter Emerson Browne, photographed by Oliver T. Marsh, released by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and starring Mabel Normand.[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[2] and it may be a lost film.
| Joan of Plattsburg | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | William Humphrey George Loane Tucker |
| Written by | Porter Emerson Browne (story) George Loane Tucker (writer) |
| Produced by | Goldwyn Pictures Corporation |
| Starring | Mabel Normand |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine,[3] Joan (Normand), an orphan, becomes interested in the drilling of soldiers at an American World War I training camp near the orphan asylum of which she is an inmate. One day while evading the angry superintendent, she conceals herself in a cellar and discovers a meeting place of German spies who are plotting. She believes that, like a modern-day Joan of Arc, she's listening to disembodied voices. She reports the matter to the major, who sets out to capture the spies and sends Joan to live with his mother. When he returns from the war, he finds Joan waiting for him.
Cast
edit- Mabel Normand as Joan
- Robert Elliott as Capt. Lane
- William Frederic as Supt. Fisher (billed as William Fredericks)
- Joseph W. Smiley as Ingleton
- Edward Elkas as Silverstein
- John Webb Dillon as Miggs
- Willard Dashiell as Colonel
- Edith McAlpin as Mrs. Lane
- Isabel Vernon as Mrs. Miggs
References
edit- ^ IMDB entry
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Joan of Plattsburg at silentera.com
- ^ "Reviews: Joan of Plattsburg". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (21). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 27. May 18, 1918.
External links
edit- Joan of Plattsburg in the New York Times
- Joan of Plattsburg at IMDb
- Joan of Plattsburg at Turner Classic Movies
- Joan of Plattsburg in the Toronto World
- Joan of Plattsburg in Visions of the Maid
