The Power of Labor (1908) User Reviews

The story is forcibly told

[deickemeyer · 8 March 2014]

Although not in fancy with the subject, this film is a great improvement in the work of the Selig Polyscope Co. The story is forcibly told, the staging is very good, the acting could not be better, and the photography is up to the standard of the said manufacturers. It is regrettable that when manufacturers go to such expense, trouble and pains, they should not more carefully study the sketch. It does not seem very plausible that the furnaces should be kept going when we are told the mill is on a strike of several weeks, unless the superintendent ordered the fires to be kept burning to accomplish his purpose of getting rid of the young man. Aside from these observations, "The Power of Labor" is a very good credit to the manufacturers and is well received. -- The Moving Picture World, November 7, 1908