The Craven

19151915

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Bud Walton, the village blacksmith, is big and strong physically, but he has not the courage to put his strength to good purpose. All the boys take a slap at him whenever they choose, and Bu... Read allBud Walton, the village blacksmith, is big and strong physically, but he has not the courage to put his strength to good purpose. All the boys take a slap at him whenever they choose, and Bud makes no attempt to retaliate. This causes his sweetheart, June, to despise him. Sykes, ... Read allBud Walton, the village blacksmith, is big and strong physically, but he has not the courage to put his strength to good purpose. All the boys take a slap at him whenever they choose, and Bud makes no attempt to retaliate. This causes his sweetheart, June, to despise him. Sykes, a handsome stranger, comes to town. He becomes infatuated with Bud's sister, May, who is a... Read all

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Of the red-blooded type

A well-constructed two-reel number of the red-blooded type. Some of the latter scenes are intensely brutal and unpleasant, yet at the same time presented with artistic skill. Wallace Reid appears as a young blacksmith, strong in figure but morally weak. He does not rise to the danger when a stranger trifles with his sister, but later the manhood is roused in him. He follows the stranger, who has shot five or six men, and chokes him to death, bare-handed, then swings the dead body across his shoulders and brings it home to prove that at last he is a man. This is strong, undiluted material, as can be seen from the plot. The photography is clear and the characters are appealing. - The Moving Picture World, February 6, 1915

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