Before color, before sound, this fantastic short film conveys a wonderful story, by means of an elegant forgotten art -- the silent film. The most skillful players in the business today would be doomed to fall short of the quality of this film, should they be ever asked to do so in this age of ear piercing sound, and eye teasing visual effects. A classic gem!
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Biograph takes a leaf from some of its lesser contemporaries
deickemeyer7 January 2017
Good Biograph Western, or still better, Californian. There is a wayward son of a ranch foreman; perhaps weak would be a better word. Also there is a Mexican who assaults and robs the father just after the son has been reprimanded and thrown out of the house for gambling and losing a sum of money entrusted to him by the employer of the father. In this reel Biograph takes a leaf from some of its lesser contemporaries and indulges itself in the dissipation of a near hanging; the rope is being pulled and the victim is leaving the ground when the rescuing party arrives. The Mexican, shot in a gambling house mess following the loss of his loot, confesses his guilt. The daughter and kid brother are especially good. - The Moving Picture World, August 10, 1912
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