When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912) User Reviews

Presented in a wholesome, even-tempered way that never irritates

[deickemeyer · 20 February 2017]

A fantasy presented as the dream of a judge. It has the fine qualities happily often found in offerings by Thanhouser. Containing, as it does, a plea for an equal justice to poor and to rich alike, and being presented in a wholesome, even-tempered way that never irritates, we commend it as a thoroughly worthy picture. Besides this, it will rank high as entertainment; for it is a well acted and gracefully conducted picture. Miss Anderson plays the wife and mother in the poverty- stricken family. One of her two little girls is the Thanhouser kid. The father, who snatches a bottle of milk to keep his kiddies from starvation, is Mr. Cruze, while Mr. Russell is the judge who has favored a rich thief and condemned a poor man. Miss Flo La Badie plays, with her usual grace, the Spirit of Justice, who comes to rebuke the Judge in his dream. - The Moving Picture World, October 26, 1912