This is a very interesting picture of Ibsen's drama of the same name. The parts of Johan Tonneson and of Bernick are particularly well acted; but the whole company was well-chosen and does credit to the Thanhouser producer. On the whole, this ambitious film is amply successful, though the story is extremely hard to understand till two or three scenes have passed. There are two stories of love interwoven, but they do not seem so important as the representation of the facility with which a man, looked up to and respected, lived a lie. Ultimately, the innocent man is cleared of suspicion. The guilty one is forced by his chastened conscience to confess. His wife forgives him, and the second love story reaches a happy ending. - The Moving Picture World, May 20, 1911
Review of The Pillars of Society
