Tuliperhonen

This is a four-part picture made by the Kinograf Company. There are sensational scenes in it, but it would have made a stronger feature had it been shorter. There are improbabilities and inconsistencies. The boy grown to manhood under the domination of the gypsy obtains employment as a chauffeur when nothing has indicated that he had ever seen a machine. Later, he takes back to her old home the daughter of the countess, kidnapped twelve years before, which proves he knew how to find it and consequently could have done it at any time during these years. The dropping of the letter of proposal at the feet of the chauffeur was hackneyed. Ralph's escape from the tower of the castle, his sensational climb over the wires to drop then into the water, and his long swim back to extinguish the burning fuse attached to the bomb necessarily required far more time than would have been required to consume one foot of slow match. On the other hand, the "firefly" scene in the theater was finely done. The tinting from one color to another as the woman swung in the air. suspended by a wire, made an unusual spectacle. The photography is of high quality. - The Moving Picture World, October 11, 1913