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Lest We Forget
(1918) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels
Directed by Léonce Perret
Cast: Rita Jolivet [Rita Heriot], Hamilton Revelle [Harry Winslow], L. Rogers Lytton [Baron von Bergen], Kate Blancke [Madame Heriot], Cliff Saum [Fritz Muller], Emil Roe [Mayor Le Roux], Henry Smith [General Joffre], Gaby Perrier [the young mother], Dolores Cassinelli, Texas Cooper, Edward Gerstle, Georges Flateau, Ernest Maupain, H.P. St. Leger
Rita Jolivet Film Corporation production; distributed by [?] Select Pictures Corporation and/or Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by [?] J.L. Kempner and/or Giuseppe de Cippico? Scenario by Léonce Perret. Art direction by Henri Ménessier. Assistant director, Clifford Saum (Cliff Saum). Cinematography by Lucien N. Andriot. Film editor, Charles A. Taylor. Intertitles written by Tom Bret. Presented by Lewis J. Selznick. / Released [?] 27 or 28? January 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Jolivet was a survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania, as is depicted in the film.
Drama: Espionage.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rita Heriot is a French opera singer who becomes engaged to Harry Winslow wealthy American. The singer is also loved by Baron von Bergen, a Germa: diplomat, who is supposed to be a friend of Winslow’s but is far less honorable in his intentions toward Rita. Returning to France with her mother to spend the summer at the little village where she was born, Rita is drawn into the vortex of the great war. She is caught by German troops sending messages to help her native land and is sentenced to be shot. Word is brought to Winslow that the order has been carried out. He hurries to France and enlists in the French service that he may do all in his power to avenge the murder of his sweetheart. Rita escapes execution by a miracle and succeeds in getting back to the United States. Here she meets the Baron again. When she tells him of an offer she has to sing in England he begs her not to sail on the Lusitania and assures her he knows it will never reach the other side. The sinking of the ship is lead up to with absorbing detail and the great horror is shown with realism. At the finish the lovers are united, after Winslow has displayed an entirely unexpected lack of confidence in the woman he is supposed to trust.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Espionage: Spies
Listing updated: 22 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 111; Parish-Combat p. 206 : Website-IMDb.
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