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Release Date: 1929

Cast: Lina Basquette, Ella Margaret Gibson

Categories: Movies, Goat gland, Silent film, Pre-Code, Black-and-white

The Godless Girl (1928) is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shown for years as his last completely silent film. The UCLA Film and Television Archive later restored the film's sound version, in which dialogue scenes were added to the final reel, a film that was one of DeMille's first part-sound efforts. The title character is based on Queen Silver, a child prodigy and socialist orator. The lead actress, Lina Basquette, named her autobiography, Lina: DeMille's Godless Girl, after the film. This drama features a romance between two different teenagers: a young atheist girl, Judith... MORE

The Godless Girl (1928) is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shown for years as his last completely silent film. The UCLA Film and Television Archive later restored the film's sound version, in which dialogue scenes were added to the final reel, a film that was one of DeMille's first part-sound efforts. The title character is based on Queen Silver, a child prodigy and socialist orator. The lead actress, Lina Basquette, named her autobiography, Lina: DeMille's Godless Girl, after the film. This drama features a romance between two different teenagers: a young atheist girl, Judith Craig, and the male head of a Christian youth organization, Bob Hathaway. The two leaders and their groups attack each other, starting a riot that kills a young girl. Followed by a goofy boy, Bozo, the three are thrown into a juvenile prison with a cruel head guard and bad living conditions. The film maker makes a point of talking about the truth of prison cruelty in the middle of the movie. Bob, who is in love with Judy, eventually rescues her and takes shelter in an old farm where Judy, breathtaken by the romance and beauty of the forest, realizes there must be a God. They are found and taken LESS