User Reviews

A careful handling of any situation that is at all possible can often so cover it with a film of plausibility that the mind is temporarily hoodwinked into accepting little impossibilities as natural parts of a story. The majority of spectators are more suggestible than a critic whose business it is to watch, not only for gems of art, but for flaws, and to see how any picture was made. It is, for instance, quite improbable for a signet ring, carelessly handled, to leave a plain impression on an oil painting; but we saw it do that in this picture. We doubt, though, that one spectator in ten would stop to notice the improbability of it. The quality that makes this picture an interesting offering is the skill with which the material was put together. It tells a clear story that did not require finesse in acting and didn't permit its action to drag. It is not a deep nor a substantial picture; but it gives entertainment. - The Moving Picture World, August 24, 1912