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In these two reels Herbert Brenon continues the praiseworthy work he is doing in Imp pictures. In this melodrama he is fortunate in his selection of those who take the principal feminine roles—Vivian Prescott and Jane Fearnley. There is abundant opportunity for strong acting for both of these young women especially for the latter in the closing scenes. William Shay as Julian Gray, a clergyman, looks the part; also, he acts the part. There is no overdoing of it. He shows the minister as a real human being; his eyes are on the earth and not, as is too frequently the case with the interpreter of the role of the cleric, continually rolling skyward with an expressionless stare. William Dunn plays Horace Holmcroft, war correspondent. There are several battle scenes, some of them better than others. The one showing the battery of artillery in action, for instance, is excellent. Those showing cavalrymen riding in single file and discharging their pistols in the air are not convincing, especially as their target. is not in sight. The story is easily followed. - The Moving Picture World, December 28, 1912