By Fire and Water

1913
11m

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Richard Garvie, a prosperous young boatman, owns a small pleasure craft on which he frequently takes his wife and son for short outings. Mabel, his wife, objects strenuously to her husband's... Read allRichard Garvie, a prosperous young boatman, owns a small pleasure craft on which he frequently takes his wife and son for short outings. Mabel, his wife, objects strenuously to her husband's disregard of the appearance of the boat. She holds Herbert Wayne, one of his business riv... Read allRichard Garvie, a prosperous young boatman, owns a small pleasure craft on which he frequently takes his wife and son for short outings. Mabel, his wife, objects strenuously to her husband's disregard of the appearance of the boat. She holds Herbert Wayne, one of his business rivals up to him as a model and asks him why he doesn't buy a new boat and a fine yachting co... Read all

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The story is melodramatic

A fair commercial offering by Ashley Miller, featuring a fire on a large naphtha launch, which is well suggested, though we have seen even better ones. The story is melodramatic with a well-dressed man shown-up as a coward and a roughly-dressed man proving himself a hero indeed. Herbert Prior plays the hero, who runs a little lake launch for picnics. His wife (Mabel Trunnelle) notices a difference between the fine uniform of a competing captain (Richard Neill) and her husband's suit. Then we have the picnic and the fire with its rescue. The minister is, as often in Edison pictures, burlesqued and made unpleasant. The backgrounds are pretty lake scenes and the photography is fair. - The Moving Picture World, August 23, 1913