Review of A Winter Straw Ride

I quite liked this film, which was co-directed and shot by Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon, both of whom were already old hands at movie-making by 1906. It's noticeable that a great deal of thought went into camera positioning for this film - even though the camera tends to linger too long on many shots, waiting for the last person to move out of shot before it moves on to the next scene.

Where the film is at its strongest is in the way it captures the youthful energy and vibrant high spirits of the youngsters (although it might be a frightening thing to see them charging towards you across a snowy landscape).