Johanna Enlists

1918Movie⏱️ 1h 12m

ComedyRomance

⭐ 6.1

IMDB Rating

749 votes

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.

Director

William Desmond Taylor

Writers

Rupert Hughes, Frances Marion

Stars

Mary Pickford, Anne Schaefer, Fred Huntley

Release Date

September 29, 1918

Language

None, English

Country

United States

💬 10

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Mary Pickford

as Johanna Ransaller

Anne Schaefer

as Ma Ransaller

Fred Huntley

as Pa Ransaller

Monte Blue

as Pvt. Vibbard

Douglas MacLean

as Capt. Archie van Renssaller

Emory Johnson

as Lt. Frank Le Roy

John Steppling

as Maj. Wappington

Wallace Beery

as Col. Roberts

Wesley Barry

as Johanna's Brother

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June Prentis

as Twin, Johanna's Sister

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Silent

Filming Location

Lasky Location Ranch, Hollywood Hills, California, USA

Production

Pickford Film

🏷️ Keywords

partially lost filmyoungfemale protagonistworld war onecharacter name in title

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

From Freckles to Curls

by wes-connors • 2008-05-24

7/10

"Freckle-faced country girl Mary Pickford (as Johanna Ransallar) is going through that "coming of age" stage; trouble is, on her shabby farm, there are no men to get "boy crazy" over. The married handyman is sent off at the butt of father Fred Huntley (as Paw Ransallar)'s rifle; leaving Ms. Pickford no one to pine for. Desperate, Pickford asks the Lord, "send me a beau!" Then, an entire regimen of young men arrive; they are Great War soldiers, who encamp by the Ransallar farm. The ailing "beautifulest", Emory Johnson (as Frank Le Roy), is sent to re..."

💡 Did You Know?

First half of reel three is lost. However, the Library of Congress and the Mary Pickford Foundation have recreated the missing part of that reel from a complete cutting continuity script and using production stills and new title cards.