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The Godless Girl (1929) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Godless Girl” – Lina Basquette

By Art on Apr 19, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

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Actor Fritz Feld was hired to direct the talking sequences.
In 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.
The crew fireproofed the actors' costumes for the fire scenes by spraying them with asbestos. According to Kevin Brownlow, art director Mitchell Leisen even figured out a way to flame-proof their hair.
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