- The only event in Franklin's life that is burlesqued is his drawing the lightning from the sky by means of a kite and a key. Most of the footage is taken up with good slapstick stuff, involving trick photography where the lightning after being captured chases Benjamin and his black servant all over the house until he finally captures it and puts it in a box and the servant uses it to propel an old-fashioned bicycle and to chase a doubting rival.—Moving Picture World, April 23, 1924
- The wraith of Benjamin Franklin appears before a little boy, who has fallen asleep over his kite, and tells the lad how his own experiments with kite and key were ridiculed by the Philadelphians a century and a half ago. After repeated attempts, Benjamin finally succeeded in drawing lightning down the kite-string to earth. "Now that you've got it, what are you going to do with it?" was one of the many taunts flung at the enterprising Benjamin. He soon demonstrated a few uses to which electricity might be put. Not only did he "shock" the natives, eliminate his rival and win the girl of his heart, but also obtained motive power for his honeymoon vehicle by means of his new discovery.—Universal Weekly, August 16, 1924
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