Brothers (1912) User Reviews

Priests or religious people doing things that are not commendable

[deickemeyer · 4 November 2016]

These brothers are newsboys. They are, say, ten and fourteen, and the sole support of their mother, a widow. One is arrested for playing crap and sent away by the juvenile court. This was just before the mother died, and the priest promised to care for the younger one. The picture now skips thirty years. It shows one brother as a priest, the other as a tramp and burglar. The priest protects him, fleeing from justice, and finds that it is his brother. We fear that this will cause some discussion as have other pictures that have shown priests or religious people doing things that are not commendable. The acting is simple and the picture is the kind that, aside from this one thing, is likely to be popular. The camera work is good enough. - The Moving Picture World, May 4, 1912