This well known story is rendered into a motion picture in a way that will please the most exacting. The tale itself is simple, representing a young man who rises by dint of hard work to the head of his employer's mills and falls in love with the owner's daughter. After vicissitudes the couple are permitted to marry. It is a common enough story, only this novel had the merit of being one of the first to present this type of tale. The picture proves that a good rendering of even an old story is attractive. The audience apparently delights in the character of John Halifax. He is quite as good on the curtain as he is in the book, and there he has always been a favorite. The different parts are played to perfection. The character of the daughter and the ill son are both faithfully reproduced and seem to live before the audience. - The Moving Picture World, December 17, 1910
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