The Girl Without a Soul

{{short description|1917 film directed by John H. Collins}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{infobox film

| name = The Girl Without a Soul

| image = The Girl Without a Soul.jpg

| caption = Advertisement in the August 18, 1917 issue of the Moving Picture World for film

| director = John H. Collins

| producer = B.A. Rolfe

| writer = John H. Collins

| starring = Viola Dana
Robert D. Walker
Fred C. Jones

| cinematography = John Arnold

| editing =

| studio = Metro Pictures

| distributor = Metro Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1917|8|13}}

| runtime = 5 reels (approximately 50 minutes)

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Girl Without a Soul is a 1917 American silent drama film featuring Viola Dana in a dual role as sisters.

The film was produced by B.A. Rolfe and shot in the Fort Lee, New Jersey area. Rolfe moved his production company Rolfe Photoplays west to Hollywood in the wake of the 1918 influenza epidemic, but not before director Collins fell victim and died in a New York hotel room in October of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14570|title=Detail view of Movies Page|website=Afi.com|access-date=November 10, 2017}}

This film is preserved complete at the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in New York.{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1124/default.html|title=Girl Without A Soul|date=November 10, 2017|website=Lcweb2.loc.gov|access-date=November 10, 2017}} In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."{{Cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/675384976/jurassic-park-the-shining-and-23-other-movies-added-to-national-film-registry |title = 'Jurassic Park,' 'The Shining,' and 23 Other Movies Added to National Film Registry| website=NPR }}{{Cite web|title=National Film Registry Turns 30|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-144/library-of-congress-national-film-registry-turns-30/2018-12-12/|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Library of Congress}}{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Library of Congress}}