The Idol of the Hour (1913) Poster

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Passing Time
boblipton7 October 2020
Painter James Cruze throws down his brushes in disgust and goes hiking to let the well of creativity refill. He encounters barefoot Marguerite Snow amid her sheep, and is entranced. (as was I). She becomes his model and the toast of Paris. Yet time passes, and youth is fleeting.

It seems more an anecdote than a story to me, but the plotting of Thanhouser's staff writer Lloyd Lonergan often strikes me that way. Yet the image of Miss Snow in the middle of her flock is gorgeous. Kudos to cameraman Arthur A. Cadwell!
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Wonderfully artistic and pleasing
deickemeyer13 August 2017
The fore part of this film is wonderfully artistic and pleasing. The shepherdess, played by Marguerite Snow, is discovered, tending her picturesque flock of sheep, by the young artist, impersonated by James Cruze. He induces her to come to Paris and pose for him. She becomes the popular model of the day, but when he marries another she loses ground, and the picture winds up with her acting as his maid, both at an advanced age. Unusual for its artistic effects. - The Moving Picture World, March 22, 1913
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