The Godless Girl 01/20/26

‘Kill the Bible!’ — according to Cecil B. DeMille, that’s the agenda of Godless atheists destroying America’s youth. His beautifully directed yet jaw-droppingly exploitative ‘meller-drammer’ condemns teenagers to a hellhole reformatory, for more defiance, escapes, and a typically spectacular DeMille crisis. That’s not counting the scene where cross-shaped ‘electrocution stigmata’ are burned into the young lovers’ hands. It’s excellent silent filmmaking, as restored by Kevin Brownlow and Photoplay Productions. Where’s the sequel, where those rascally atheists try to cancel Christmas? On Blu-ray from Kino Classics / Photoplay.
01/20/26