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A two-reel number written by Calder Johnstone, with a touch of heart interest in it. It is a story of the civil war period, though the war itself is not the main feature. It pictures the way in which a grandfather goes to look up his granddaughter after years of estrangement. The cast is pleasing; Marc Robbins does a fine character bit in the part of the old darkey. The plot is well constructed and the good sentiment of the piece makes a pleasing impression on the observer. - The Moving Picture World, May 8, 1915

Here are a couple of favorable short newspaper writeups on this piece; I based my rating on them. It might rate a ten, but having no way of viewing it reserved the top score.

From the Wilmington Morning Star, Friday May 21st, 1915 Page 2: "The Little Girl of the Attic," is a great two-reel Universal drama, a story of the Civil War, featuring Helen Leslie and M. K. Wilson in the leading roles. Helen Leslie's father was killed in the Civil War, leaving her, as far as she knows, friendless. She goes to live with strangers, who treat her as a drudge. Her final finding of happiness and home is graphically told in this absorbing two-reel drama.

From the Hartford Courant, Thursday, May 6th, 1915 Page 6: The Universal program, which is changed daily, brings today a wide variety of emotions portrayed on the screen. Foremost is the Laemmle two-part drama of the Civil War, "The Little Girl of the Attic." A little Southern girl, deprived of her soldier-father's support by his death, is made the slavey in a fashionable boarding school, but finally triumphs over those who mistreat her.