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Johanna Enlists
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4388 feet
Directed by William D. Taylor (William Desmond Taylor)
Cast: Mary Pickford [Johanna Ransallar], Anne Schaefer [‘Maw’ Ransallar], Fred Huntley [‘Paw’ Ransallar], Emory Johnson [Lieutenant Frank Le Roy], Monte Blue [Private Vibbard], Douglas MacLean [Adjutant Archie Van Rensselaer], John Steppling [Major Wappington], Wallace Beery [Colonel Roberts], Wesley Barry [Jimmy Ransallar], Colonel Ralph J. Faneuf [himself]; June Prentis [Johanna’s twin sister], Jean Prentis [Johanna’s twin sister], Steve Murphy [Mortimer, the Ransallar hired man], Bull Montana [the train brakeman in the boxcar], [?] ? [the train engineer], [?] ? [Grandpa Ransallar], [?] ? [the mashing soldier], [?] Joan Marsh?
Mary Pickford Film Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Mary Pickford Production; An Artcraft Picture]. / Executive producer, Mary Pickford. Scenario by Frances Marion, from the short story “The Mobilizing of Johanna” by Rupert Hughes. Art direction by Wilfred Buckland. Assistant director, Frank Richardson. Photographed (cinematography) by Charles Rosher. / © 8 September 1918 by Mary Pickford Film Corporation [LP12832]. Premiered the week of 22 September 1918 at the Strand Theatre in New York, New York. Released 29 September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Mobilizing of Johanna. The film was produced in cooperation of the U.S. Army’s 143rd Field Artillery unit.
Comedy-Drama: World War I.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2285.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [16mm preservation reduction positive (struck 1956 or 1957)]; and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative (from 16mm source, missing beginning of reel three), 35mm duplicate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Accidents: Falls - Amusements: Hayrides - Animals: Cats, Chickens, Cows, Dogs (Puppies), Donkeys, Horses, Pigs, Turkeys - Arrests - Bands (Military) - Baskets - Baths: Milkbaths - Books - Boredom - Cameras (Motion Picture) - Camps (Military): Tents - Canes - Children: Twins - Convalescence - Courtmartials - Courtships - Farms: Chores, Farmers - Fences: Gates - Fights (Fistfights) - Flags: American, Military - Food: Ice Cream Cones, Pies (Apple) - Furniture: Beds, Rocking Chairs, Rugs, Tables - Gifts: Umbrellas - Irritation - Jealousy - Kitchens: Grinders, Sinks, Stoves - Knitting: Yarn - Laundry - Magazines - Mischief - Money: Coins - Monotony - Musical Instruments: Accordions, Bugles, Drums, Pianos, Saxophones, Trombones, Tubas - Newspapers: Comics Sections - Punishments - Shaving: Safety Razors - Silhouettes - Singing - Soldiers: Uniforms - Tobacco: Pipes - Tools: Brooms, Saws - Transportation: Horses, Trains, Trucks, Wagons - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918) - Weapons: Pistols (Holsters), Rifles
Listing updated: 25 July 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.2285; Brownlow-Parade p. 445; Eyman-Pickford p. 331 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Legacy; Website-Pickford.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.
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