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The rich man's son in this picture has adventures very like his numerous brothers, who have been appearing in pictures and stories, but his adventures still seem to interest even in this case, where many of the incidents are brought out with bald amateurishness. The picture's scene of the rescue from the sea of the banker's daughter by the "son of the idle rich," whose father has cast him off, is very well handled. But other scenes, such as that in which the burglar in the banker's house, frightened, hides the jewels he has stolen, not in his pocket, but in the hero's grip, are not convincing. The hero because of a baronet who also is courting the heroine has resigned his position with the banker and is about to depart. The burglar jumps from a window and the police on the street capture him and are bringing him up the front steps. Frightened by the discovered loss the banker has telephoned to the central police office and a plain clothes man has already arrived. He asks to look in the hero's grip and finds the gems. By this time, though, the policemen have arrived at the door with the burglar and bring him in. This arrangement surely shows very amateurish workmanship. - The Moving Picture World, August 26, 1911