The Image Maker

There is more than ordinary ingenuity displayed by Emmett Mixx, the author of "The Image Maker," in weaving the two periods together which are used in the five-reel Gold Rooster play, of which Valkyrien is the central figure, The story is one of reincarnation; a prince of the House of Pharaoh and a lowly slave, who were lovers in the distant past, are reunited in the prosaic present, at the side of the tomb in which the Prince of Tsa was buried. The picture follows the usual photoplay construction, alternating the two periods of time at brief intervals. This is deftly done, however, and the incidents are numerous and of a gratifying variety. Such a theme demands all the liberty granted to every well regulated romance, and the broad sweeps of color supplied by the followers of the ruler of the Nile and the Arabs of today, in the ancient and modern Egyptian scenes, are in keeping with the character of the story. The locations have been selected with care. New York, Florida, Cairo and the sands of Egypt are all made the scenes of the action, and the director has maintained an excellent quality of illusion. Valkyrien, in "The Image Maker," does the best acting of her moving picture career, and is ably supported by Harris Gordon, Arthur Hauer, Inda Balmer and Morgan Jones. – The Moving Picture World, January 27, 1917