The Treachery of a Scar (1913) User Reviews

Too much posing in the fire scene

[deickemeyer · 6 October 2017]

In the opening scene the audience sees a burglar reflected in the looking glass, in the girl's room. This scene is well handled, but there was too much posing in the subsequent fire scene, when the burglar saves the girl. Many recent releases have made a fire a mere incident, with no effort shown to put it out, and no apparent attention to the gravity of the situation. This destroys all suspense, as it indicates that there is really no danger to anyone in the story. The later scenes, where the reformed burglar saves the bank from being robbed, were somewhat stronger. - The Moving Picture World, July 26, 1913