New-York tribune., 1918-01-28
Lest We Forget, at Lyric.
Reproduces Sinking of
the Lusitania

At last the much heralded patriotic
picture, "Lcst We Forget" is with US.
It was produced at the Lyric Theatre
last night, with Rita Jolivet in the
role Of Rita Herlot. Lest We Forget"
is a stupendous production which has
been more than a year in the making,
and it surely will be far greater
spur to patriotism than dozen So
called propaganda films
The music, the decorations and the
settings are calculated to put one in
most receptive frame of mind, and
then comes the picture powerful,
thrilling, with mute appeal in every
foot Of film.
The story is Of Rita Heriot, French
actress living in a small town outside
of Paris at the time war was declared
Rita is engaged to Harry Winslow. an
American millionaire in Paris. Rita
attempts to reach Paris, but is ar
rested as a spy, and finally, after
escaping into Holland, manages to get
to America.
The various episodes of the picture
are real happenings Of the war built
together by a pretty romance, which
is at all times subservient to the po-
litcal interest
One of the biggest things that ever
has been done on the screen is the
sinking of the Lusitania. Miss Jolivet
was on the Lusitana when it went
down, and it was to her that Charles
Frohman spoke his last words, "Why
fear death? 1t is the most beautiful
adventure in life"
The scenes on the sinking liner have
been faithfully reproduced, and the
the slaughter of the innocents.
Hamilton Revelle is excellent in the
role of Harry Winslow, the American
who enlists in the French army to
avenge the wrongs Of his fancee.
l.. Rogers Lytton is so good as Baron
Won Bergen. the Prussan spy. that he is
going to have trouble living it down.
When the baron lears that Rita has
fully made up her mind that she will
begs her not to sail, and finally tells
her that he has positive information
that the ship is to be torpedoed.
Fearing lest she will betray him. the
baron follows Rita to London, and there
rencws his offers of love, or marriage,
or whatever it was that he was con-
stantly offering.
Rita kills him, which was quite as it
should have been, but it did seem
lovers, Harry and Rita, started to quar-
rel as soon as they were reunited. 1t
did not seem as if they would have had
any room for petty jealousy. However,
the ways of maid with a man seem to
be the same the world over, in times of
peace or in times of war.
The story was written and the pict
ure directed by Leonce Perret. 1t was
produced by Count de Cippico and J. l..
kempner. The former is Miss Jolivct's
husband.
Once upon a time We may have seen
picture which we liked better than
we did "Dodging q Million" at the
Strand yesterday, but just at present
we cannot recall what it was; and once
upon time we may have seen an
actress who was prettier and more
clever than little Mabe! Normand, but
neither can we recall her name, If so.
Edgar Selwyn has scorned all sug
gestions from other pictures and has
simply divcd into his brain and
is something new under the sun and it
is "Dodging a Million"
Many there be who have declared
that Goldwyn has not lived up to the
self-set standard, but let them go to
see the new picture with Miss Norman
as the "dodgcr" and forever hold their
peace. If any one told us that he
didn't enjoy this SelwynNormand-
Goldwyn rroduction-wcll, we shouldn't
believe him. that's all.
1t wouldn't be fair to tell any
'hlng Of the plot, for it is full of mys-