A very good situation gives interest to this two-part offering. The story, though a few unconvincing incidents have been introduced in an attempt to make it exciting, has been pretty well developed as a melodrama; it holds well. The center of our interest lies in the family of a young earl who, just as he comes into the title and can publicly recognize his wife and children, is killed in a wreck. The marriage certificate has been hidden and is now lost. The earl's brother won't recognize the marriage as legitimate and turns the widow and her son and daughter out of their cottage. But the "pendulum of fate" or the swinging of a picture brings the document to light. There is a little awkwardness in the production, especially at the transitions in the action, and most noticeably where the widow cries, "Search for the certificate." It is fairly, not brilliantly, acted. The authors are Winifred and Jacques Jensen and it was produced by Hardee Kirkland. Charles Clary plays the young earl; Henry Lansdale, his villainous brother (the best acted part in the picture); Elsa Lorimer, the earl's wife; William Stowell their son. and Miss Sage their daughter. Miss Pierce plays a minor role. - The Moving Picture World, November 8, 1913
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