''Viviette'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by Walter Edwards, written by

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and

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, and starring

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, and Donald Blakemore. It was released on June 9, 1918, by

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Plot

As described in a

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, Dick Ware (Pallette) is in love with Viviette (Martin), and the arrival of his handsome brother Austin (Ford) and Viviette's attentiveness to the visitor arouses the jealousy of Dick to such a degree that murder enters his heart. Austin, realizing the depth of Dick's feeling for the charming Viviette, asks Kathryn Holroyd (Whipple), a widowed friend of Viviette, to marry him. When Dick realizes that his brother is not trying to take Viviette away from him, he is both overjoyed and ashamed. The knowledge that Dick really loves her arouses a responsive chord in Viviette, and happiness reigns over the Ware household.

Cast

as Viviette *

as Dick Ware *

as Austin Ware *

as Kathryn Holroyd *Donald Blakemore as Lord Banstead

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Viviette'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the two intertitles "Oh, listen, it's something you must know" and "What the devil do you expect me to do about it?", scene of young woman whispering in man's ear, and the entire incident of man taking wallet from pocket, removing bills, and offering them to young woman.

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* 1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films based on British novels Films directed by Walter Edwards 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub