The Wrong Bottle (1911) User Reviews

Perhaps there were scenes in it that, strictly speaking, were not necessary

[deickemeyer · 12 June 2016]

Perhaps the picture illustrates the truth in that line of Burns, "The best laid plans o' mice and men gang oft aglee." A young student was engaged to a girl at home who, while he was away at college, fell in love with another man. The student returned and found the girl married, the wedding guests were all there, and himself an unexpected, unwelcome guest. Two years passed, the woman's husband died poor; two years later she fell sick at her work in a sweatshop. Her little daughter came to the drug store of the first lover for medicine. His clerk put up the prescription from the wrong bottle; it was poison. The druggist ran fast and reached the little girl's home in time. He was overjoyed, for he also found his old sweetheart again. It is a very well acted and carefully constructed picture and gives a very pleasing impression. Perhaps there were scenes in it that, strictly speaking, were not necessary; but it is artistic and very commendable. - The Moving Picture World, January 6, 1912