The Woman God Forgot
About The Woman God Forgot
Cortés sends Alvarado to Montezuma, who throws him into a dungeon. Tecza, who loves him, gets him out. Her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado in her rooms and he is taken again. Tecza then leads Cortés into the city. The city falls, and she keeps Alvarado. Geraldine Farrar plays Tecza. Wallace Reid is billed with her.
Cast & crew
More about The Woman God Forgot
Cecil B. DeMille directed, produced, and edited it. William C. deMille and Jeanie MacPherson wrote it. Jesse L. Lasky also produced. Charles Schoenbaum photographed it. Wilfred Buckland did the art direction. Paramount released it. Location work was in Santa Monica and Yosemite. Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Kosloff, Walter Long, and Julia Faye are billed. The catalog also lists Ramon Novarro. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
The plot is set in the Spanish entry into Tenochtitlan, with Tecza opening the city to Cortés.
Look
Charles Schoenbaum photographed the picture, with Buckland's sets and location work at Santa Monica and Yosemite.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- William C. deMille and Jeanie MacPherson share the script.
- Santa Monica and Yosemite are the named locations.
- The Commons filename has a space before the closing parenthesis.
Scenes
- Tecza gets Alvarado out of the dungeon, and Guatemoco finds him in her rooms.
- She leads Cortés in, and the city is destroyed.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Woman God Forgot)
