User Reviews

This two-reel special offering will prove a good number with audiences of all kinds and in all places, for it combines, with action and romance of a popular nature, a reflection on human life and fate that will give to the thoughtful spectator something to ponder on and consider. It uses the scenario of J.M. Barrie's, "The Admirable Crichton," but changes the last scene to be more applicable to American audiences. In fact, Barrie's fine sarcasm in making the Admirable Crichton go back to his valeting on his return to England was lost, thank heaven, on Americans. The backgrounds against which the action is set are such as have been used by another Association firm in recent pictures with Zulus in the casts. It is a truly tropical seashore, with palms and bananas growing. The sands, the clumps of rough palms, the rolling surf and the savages give the correct atmosphere of romance and Robinson Crusoe Land which gives the offering great merit as entertainment. The adapter of the picture keeps his story flowing smoothly and naturally. There is some padding, not a great deal. The players (Anna Nilson and Guy Coombs have the romantic roles) do very well indeed. A pleasing figure is the heroine's sister, but the sailors and all, even to the least, are natural. The photography is splendid in some scenes and clear in nearly all. - The Moving Picture World, August 23, 1913