Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.
- Awards
- 4 wins
Tom Keene
- Bob Hathaway - The Boy
- (as George Duryea)
Richard Alexander
- Prison Guard
- (as Dick Alexander)
Hedwiga Reicher
- Prison Matron
- (as Hedwig Reicher)
Jimmy Aldine
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
John Batten
- Undetermined role
- (uncredited)
Vivian Bay
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Elaine Bennett
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Valentine Black
- Undetermined role
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn 1929, Lina Basquette received a fan letter from Austria in connection with the film. The sender said she was his favorite American actress. It meant nothing to Basquette at the time, but the sender of the letter was Adolf Hitler.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: [first card] It is not generally known that there are Atheist Societies using the schools of the country as their battle-ground - attacking, through the Youth of the Nation, the beliefs that are sacred to most of the people.
Opening Title Card: [second card] And no fanatics are so bitter as youthful fanatics.
- Alternate versionsPredictably, the film ends with Judy turning from atheism and believing in God. Director Cecil B. DeMille was surprised to find that the film was very popular in Soviet Russia, until he learned that it was being shown without the final reel showing the transformation.
- ConnectionsEdited into Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
Featured review
Having viewed a new sound-free print accompanied by a top silent-film pianist, I have developed a new respect for Cecil B deMille. I used to regard him as unwatchable. Being a little deaf, I was able to lip-read in the close-ups, so I was highly amused by the witty colloquialisms in the captions. I wonder how the people who later applied a sound track handled that! Judging by the other posts, I think this print had more in it than was shown in other countries. Comments in the foyer afterward: "Television still has a lot to learn" and from a film producer: "It's time to re-evaluate Cecil B". This retired cinematographer saw a very fine piece of direction.
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- Cecil B. DeMille's The Godless Girl
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- Budget
- $750,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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