User Reviews

Here is an offering that we feel sure will be a strong favorite with the whole public. It takes for its subject a little incident in the life of Abe Lincoln while he was still practicing law, and shows how he saves the life of a boy unjustly accused of murder. In the opening scenes it is noticeable that the leading player has some slight resemblance to pictures of Lincoln, but in the trial scene, when he is addressing the jury, he grows more and more like the man he is portraying until, it is safe to say, many people will forget that they are not looking at Lincoln himself. This speaks much for the player's acting. We like the way the whole incident is handled. Its simplicity and naturalness make it effective, and one is made to feel that it is historical. At first the trial scene seems a bit cramped, but as the trial goes on and the camera picks out the chief actors (now the mother. who is also a fine portrayal, and now the counsel for the defense), the action takes on life and seems real. A good picture. - The Moving Picture World, March 22, 1913