A Child's Remorse

A picture that, in its settings and in the way it is conducted, strongly reminds one of a former Biograph release, "The Ruling Passion." It also is a picture of children, played by children, and its climax is a rescue of a crew of youngsters who are in an open boat that is sinking far out from the beach. The thrill comes from the speed of the fast motor boats that the old folks send out to save them. The soul of this story, though, is very different from the other. It gets its individuality from one of its characters, a little girl, daughter of a petulant mother. This youngster knew that the boat wasn't seaworthy. She was in a peevish mood and in an ugly frame of mind especially toward one of her playmates who was with the crowd. We could hear her lips shouting at them, "Drown; go and drown." But soon her better nature asserted itself and she got aid as quickly as possible. It is all very vividly pictured and, by the exclamations around us, we knew that it was getting across to the audience with power. - The Moving Picture World, August 24, 1912