The New Editor (1911) User Reviews

A good exposition of the way some political deals are managed

[deickemeyer · 7 March 2016]

Here is a good newspaper story, telling how a young man becomes first assistant editor, then editor, of the Mayville "Clarion." It gives a good exposition of the way some political deals are managed, the illustration of a fight for municipal ownership of waterworks by the women of the town and the difficulties which beset the owner of the paper when he refused to print suffragette items because the political boss told him not to do it. When the editor is last seen he is rapidly climbing a telegraph pole to escape the fury of the women. The hero is made editor by the new owner, who is the leader of the suffragette movement. There is plenty of life in this, and even though the incidents are not entirely probably, they make the best sort of comedy. The mechanical work is well done. The editor is well played by Otis B. Thayer, and the new editor is William Duncan. President Perkins, of the Water Company, is True Boardman, while Mrs. Bussy, the suffragette, is Kathryn Bond. The daughter is interpreted by Gertrude Bondhill. - The Moving Picture World, July 15, 1911