''Vive la France!'' is an extant 1918 American silent war drama film directed by

Roy William Neill Roy William Neill (born Roland de Gostrie, 4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for producing and directing almost all of the Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series), Sherlock Holmes films starr ...

and starring Dorothy Dalton. It was distributed by

Famous Players–Lasky The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Companyoriginally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Playsan ...

and

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

Plot

Cast

* Dorothy Dalton as Genevieve Bouchette *

Edmund Lowe Edmund Sherbourne Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Biography Lowe's childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara Coll ...

as Jean Picard *Fred Starr as Captain Heinrich May *

Tom Guise Tom Guise (1857–1930) was an American male actor on stage and screen. He appeared in numerous films in the decade spanning 1917 to 1927. He was one of the popular stars in the film adaptation of the controversial book '' Black Oxen''. His perfo ...

as Colonel Bouchier * Bert Woodruff as Pierre Le Gai *

Bert Sprotte Bert Sprotte (9 December 1870 – 30 December 1949) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 American films between 1918 and 1938. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Selfi ...

as German Seargeant *Eunice Woodruff

Reception

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

gave the film a positive review, praising the "masterly" handled production and the "excellent work" of the actors.

Preservation status

A complete print of ''Vive la France!'' exists in a European archive, the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels.

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1918 films American silent feature films Films directed by Roy William Neill Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films 1910s war drama films 1918 drama films 1910s American films Silent American war drama films 1910s English-language films English-language war drama films {{silent-drama-film-stub