Joan of Plattsburg

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
Film poster
Directed byWilliam Humphrey
George Loane Tucker
Produced byGoldwyn Pictures Corporation
Written byPorter Emerson Browne (story)
George Loane Tucker (writer)
StarringMabel Normand
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • May 5, 1918 (1918-05-05)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As 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
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gollark: The trouble with brains is that if you stick them into full-power-off (no oxygen supply or whatever) they can't really turn back on again, unlike (sane) computer systems.

References
  1. IMDB entry
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Joan of Plattsburg at silentera.com
  3. "Reviews: Joan of Plattsburg". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (21): 27. May 18, 1918.


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