The Woman God Forgot (1917)
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- 1h 17min
- History, Romance
- 28 Oct 1917 (USA)
- Movie
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza next leads Cortez into the city, thus...
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| Wallace Reid | ... |
Alvarado
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| Raymond Hatton | ... |
Montezuma
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| Hobart Bosworth | ... |
Cortez
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| Theodore Kosloff | ... |
Guatemoco
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| Walter Long | ... |
Taloc (High Priest)
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| Julia Faye | ... |
Tecza's handmaiden
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Olga Grey | ... |
Aztec woman
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| Geraldine Farrar | ... |
Tecza (daughter of Montezuma)
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| Charley Rogers | ... |
Cacamo
(as Charles Rogers)
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| Ramon Novarro | ... |
Aztec man (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Cecil B. DeMille | ||
Written by
| Jeanie Macpherson | ... | () |
| William C. de Mille | ... | () |
Produced by
| Cecil B. DeMille | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Charles Edgar Schoenbaum | ||
| Alvin Wyckoff | ||
Editing by
| Cecil B. DeMille | ||
Art Direction by
| Wilfred Buckland | ||
Costume Design by
| Natacha Rambova | ||
Production Companies
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1917) (United States) (theatrical)
- Artcraft Pictures Corporation (1917) (United States) (theatrical)
- Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont (1919) (France) (theatrical)
- Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises (2016) (World-wide) (DVD)
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Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza next leads Cortez into the city, thus causing the destruction of her nation and securing the love of Alvarado.
Written by Ed Stephan |
| Taglines | A Story of Love-Passion-Jealousy-Hate-Presented in Style Dwarfing All Other Similar Productions. (Print Ad- Urbana Daily Democrat, ((Urbana, Ohio)) 4 May 1918) See more » |
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| Budget | $115,420 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | In one scene, extras were required to be thrown over the side of an Aztec pyramid. The 'pyramid' was built of wood and covered in paper on which sand had been glued to create the appearance of stone. The extras were 'sand-papered' as they slid down the side of the structure. Having expected such injuries, a crew member was waiting at the bottom with a bucket of iodine. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Fall of the Aztecs (2008). See more » |