Illustrating Kipling's Mandalay song, this picture needs the music to give it life. We saw it accompanied by the usual drumming on the piano and it fell very flat; but it has this quality that it does illustrate the words and sentiment of the song, and the two together should go very well. It was taken by the Vitagraph travelers in Mandalay; was written by James Young, and produced by Maurice Costello, who also plays the role of the British soldier. Clara Kimball Young is not very effective as the Burma girl who prays to the idol; but is more so than W.V. Ranous as her father. The backgrounds are often full of interest. It is clearly photographed. - The Moving Picture World, September 6, 1913
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