Lest We Forget (1918 film)

Lest We Forget is a 1918 American silent World War I espionage drama film directed by Leonce Perret and produced by and starring Rita Jolivet. The film was released by the Metro Pictures company. While the picture is essentially a spy film, it may also be considered a propaganda film popular during World War I.[1][2]

Lest We Forget
period poster
Directed byLéonce Perret
Clifford Saum (2nd director)
Produced byRita Jolivet
Count Giuseppe de Cippico (Jolivet's husband)
J. L. Kempner
Written byLeonce Perret (scenario)
Tom Bret (subtitles editor)
StarringRita Jolivet
CinematographyLucien Andriot
Edited byCharles A. Taylor
Distributed byMetro Pictures (picture branded A Metro Special)
Release date
January 27 or 28, 1918
Running time
7-8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

The film was a live action film about the 1915 Lusitania sinking (as opposed to Windsor McKay's animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)). Actress Rita Jolivet was a survivor of the sinking and much of what is known about the last moments of her producer/employer Charles Frohman is related from her. This film made famous his last words, "..Why fear death for it is the most beautiful adventure in life.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Lest We Forget was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of, in Reel 1, the intertitle "Why marry her?", Reel 3, that part of the scene in the telegraph office where officer throws young woman over table and is shown bending over her, Reel 4, the intertitle "Go, all of you — I will avenge this", and, Reel 7, the cutting of telephone wires.[3]

Preservation status

The film survives in a fragment at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection with more complete copies at the Library of Congress and Cinémathèque Française.[4][5]

References
  1. "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (13): 29. March 23, 1918.
  4. "Search Results (Lest We Forget) Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress". memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, page 102, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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