Johanna Enlists (1918)
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
- Date of release
- 1918-09-14
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- William Desmond Taylor
Casting
- Mary Pickford — Johanna Renssaller
- Monte Blue — Pvt. Vibbard
- Wallace Beery — Col. Fanner
- Douglas MacLean — Capt. Archie van Renssaller
- Anne Schaefer — Ma Renssaller
- Fred Huntley — Pa Renssaller
- Emory Johnson — Lt. Frank Le Roy
- John Steppling — Maj. Wappington
- Wesley Barry — Johanna's Brother
- June Prentis — Twin, Johanna's Sister
- Jean Prentis — Twin, Johanna's Sister
- Joan Marsh — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Johanna Enlists is a 1918 silent film comedy drama produced by and starring Mary Pickford with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor from a short story by Rupert Hughes, "The Mobilization of Johanna". Frances Marion, a frequent Pickford collaborator, wrote the scenario. The film was made at a time during World War I when sentimental or patriotic films were immensely popular. It was an early starring vehicle for Monte Blue, the male lead opposite Pickford. The film survives in several prints, including one at the Library of Congress.
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