The Little Shepherd of Tumbling Run (1909) User Reviews

A difficult subject well handled

[deickemeyer · 25 August 2014]

Now this is a charming little pastoral idyll and we think that the Edison Company in working it out have shown great skill, for it is not an easy subject to handle. Consider first of all the driving of the sheep by the farm hands. This, in itself, is a difficult subject to photograph. Then we have the scene of the lost sheep on the rocks, the accident to the little shepherd in his haste to reach it, the climbing and descent, and finally the reunion of the sheep and lamb, not to mention the peregrinations of the faithful dog who plays a very pleasing part in the story. A difficult subject well handled and a pleasing story well told, it is a film that goes a long way in establishing the very broad claim that has been made by the press agent that the products of the licensed manufacturers are "moral, educational and cleanly amusing—the highest type of film production of the world." - The Moving Picture World, May 1, 1909