A Modest Hero (1913) User Reviews

It is the old kind of story that we have heard called the Biograph stand-by

[deickemeyer · 13 November 2017]

A good offering. It is the old kind of story that we have heard called the Biograph stand-by; but there is a good deal of freshness in it and it not only interests, but excites. The girl is alone in the house with the thug; but the reasons for his being there are not trite, nor is the outcome of it. There is a slightly humorous touch of nature in it that is especially commendable. Walter Miller plays a man too lazy to help his wife (Lillian Gish) clean house, who sends a hired man (Charles Mailes) to take his place and himself goes fishing. The helper stops at a saloon and while he is getting drunk. A second-story man (Harry Carey) goes to the house, claiming to be the helper, and begins work with the purpose of "cleaning the house out." - The Moving Picture World, September 20, 1913