Johanna Enlists 4K Restoration (Blu-ray+DVD Combo) [Blu-ray, DVD] [1918]

Johanna Enlists is a strikingly different and very personal war story. Instead of the guns, cannons and Huns audiences were getting used to in 1918, Mary plays a young woman living quietly with her family on an isolated farm, wondering how she will ever meet a potential husband. When an entire battalion of soldier’s march in to be bivouacked on the land, the war is brought home and she suddenly is faced with a wide choice of suitors. Johanna Enlists served as an important means of encouraging enlistments that were still needed even as the film was released only a few months before the war’s end.

Cast Mary Pickford                    Johanna Renssaller Fred Huntley                      Pa’ Renssaller Anne Schaefer.                   Ma’ Renssaller Monte Blue                        Pvt. Vibbard Douglas MacLean             Captain Archie Van Renssaller Emory Johnson                  Lt. Frank Le Roy John Steppling                   Major Washington Wallace Beery                   Colonel Fanner June Prentis                       Johanna’s Sister Jean Prentis                       Johanna’s Sister

Director William Desmond Taylor ; Frank Richardson (Credited as Assistant Director)

Commentary track by Marc Wanamaker, author and film historian
Liner Notes Pictorial Booklet written by the Mary Pickford Foundation
Extensive Photo Gallery
A Beast at Bay, an American Biograph short film released May 27th, 1912. Newly mastered in HD with an original score by Dan Light

Format  Blu-ray, DVD

Region  ALL

Audio  Stereo and 5:1 Surround Sound

Aspect Ratio  1080P / 1.37:1 with Pillar Bars

Subtitles  Optional English

Rating  NR

Runtime  95

Year  1918

Color  B/W

UPC  089859909627