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The dramatic elements in this piece are so badly mixed that few would be able to untangle them until they work out to their conclusion. The professor, the young wife, the gallant whose attentions are unwelcome but persistent, the burglar and his little daughter. The story becomes absorbing as the film passes, and the complications increase. Then comes the end, a denouement as unexpected as it is interesting. The acting is sympathetic and leads up to the end in a way that holds the attention closely to the last. The photography is clear, adding much to the pleasure the picture excites. The Edison scheme of toning the film different colors might be open to question if it were not used with so much discretion. As it is now done it adds to most films and sometimes one fancies it is a relief to the eye. One color may, under some circumstances, become monotonous, though this would never occur with an interesting film. The variety introduced by different tones is worth while considering as a phase of motion picture work. - The Moving Picture World, August 27, 1910