image of person or book cover 7278921707216733132.jpg
Advertisement, Evening News [Sydney], 4 May 1916, p.1
form y separately published work icon The Joan of Arc of Loos single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 The Joan of Arc of Loos
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'There is no sweeter girl in the whole village of Loos than Emilienne, the heroine of the above story to be featured at the School of Arts on Thursday night. Devoted to her aged father, Pierre, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, and to her younger brother, Georges, she has no other thought beyond the care of the children who are under her charge in her capacity as schoolmistress of the village. Dreams of Joan of Arc, her patron Saint, might perhaps dominate her whole life work, still, as she appears in the story before the village is being invaded by the Huns, she is just a normal, lovable girl. She is brought face to face with the grim realities of war, when she bids farewell to Jean do Lovrien, son of her father's old colonel and the sweetheart of her school days. Jean has received his commission and joins his regiment, leaving immediately for the front. The day arrives when peaceful Loos falls under the heels of the invaders. The ruthless Huns sack the village and bring misery into the happy homes. Emilienne and her gallant old father refuse to fly with the more timid of the villagers, and remain in their little home where they have lived so happily. Then incident after incident follows with lightning-like rapidity. How Jean escapes the enemy with his precious despatch, how he is captured by the enemy and eventually released by Emilienne, who, singing "The Marsellaise," and waving the tricolor above her head, rallied the wavering troops of the Allied forces, and led them on to victory, is graphically described, with a startling realism such as is rarely seen in cinema productions of the present day.'

Source:

'The Joan of Arc of Loos', The Muswelbrook Chronicle, 31 May 1916, p.2.

Exhibitions

7563031
7562457

Notes

  • Based on the actual exploits of Émilienne Moreau, later Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, who resisted the German invasion of her village, Loos, including giving Alied soldiers the precise location of German positions within an otherwise impregnable location; establishing a first-aid post in her house with the help of a Scottish doctor; assisting, with the use of explosives, a wounded Allied soldier who was under fire; and herself shooting soldiers. She was seventeen years old at the time of the invasion of Loos.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Convention and Contradiction : Representations of Women in Australian War Films, 1914–1918 Daniel Reynaud , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 30 no. 113 1999; (p. 215-230)

'This paper examines the representation of women in Australian cinematic war dramas made between 1914 and 1918, showing how the representations were shaped by political, industrial and ideological influences and identifying the range of representations present in the films. It observes that while there was considerable overlap with other media in the representation of women, there were images ignored by films, while others were unique to the cinema.'

Source: Abstract.

Convention and Contradiction : Representations of Women in Australian War Films, 1914–1918 Daniel Reynaud , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 30 no. 113 1999; (p. 215-230)

'This paper examines the representation of women in Australian cinematic war dramas made between 1914 and 1918, showing how the representations were shaped by political, industrial and ideological influences and identifying the range of representations present in the films. It observes that while there was considerable overlap with other media in the representation of women, there were images ignored by films, while others were unique to the cinema.'

Source: Abstract.

Last amended 13 Oct 2015 13:21:57
Settings:
  • c
    France,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1914-1915
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X