Joan the woman : typescript / Scenario by Jeanie Macpherson.

California, circa 1916.

2 items

English

Purchased from Walter Reuben, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2019.

This material is open for research.

Jeanie MacPherson (1887-1946) was an American screenwriter, actress, and director known for her collaboration with filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, for whom she wrote 30 films. Her screenplay Joan the Woman, a silent biographical drama on Joan of Arc, based on the 1801 German play Die Jungfrau von Orleans by Friedrich Schiller, was DeMille's first historical film and starred Geraldine Farrar in the lead role. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, released in December 1916 and distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Typescript shooting script, approximately 170 unnumbered pages, for the silent film Joan the Woman, written by Jeanie MacPherson and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, circa 1916. Contains detailed descriptions of the characters' expressions and movements, lighting, camera shots, backgrounds, props, subtitles, and titles for each scene. Accompanied by a 15-page typescript title list, recording credits, forewords, subtitles, and spoken titles for the film.

December 19, 2019

Jeanie MacPherson, Joan the Woman. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Jeanie MacPherson, Joan the Woman. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Screenwriters United States 20th century.