The title of this picture does not hit the mark as well as its secondary title, "The Curse of the Golden Land." It is an immigration story of how a poor Russian fellow left his wife and boy to seek a fortune in America. He succeeded, but neglected his family for society. The wife and boy came over in time to save him from committing bigamy. This is a story of a condition that is true in a great many cases and among our foreign population it will strike home with telling force. As a good piece of drama it will, no doubt, be relished by any class of society, because it has in it the touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. The photography is excellent and a number of the scenes were taken in the sweatshops of New York. The principal part, Wolf Salzman, is played by Mr. Courtenay Foote in artistic and convincing manner. One of those deep foreign street scenes, for which the Vitagraph is noted, is used in this picture. It is a good offering. - The Moving Picture World, August 23, 1913
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