Giving Becky a Chance

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Giving Becky a Chance
Directed by Howard Estabrook
Screenplay by Lois Zellner
Edith Kennedy
Produced by Oliver Morosco
Starring Vivian Martin
Jack Holt
Jack Richardson
Pietro Sosso
Alice Knowland
Cinematography James Van Trees
Production
company
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • June 7, 1917 (1917-06-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Giving Becky a Chance is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Howard Estabrook, and written by Lois Zellner and Edith Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Jack Holt, Jack Richardson, Pietro Sosso and Alice Knowland. The film was released on June 7, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

Cast

Censorship

Before Giving Becky a Chance could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where dancing girls are smoking. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kay Shackleton. "Giving Becky a Chance, 1917". Silent Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Giving Becky a Chance". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 8.


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