The Pride of Lexington (1911) User Reviews

It's a tragic story clearly told with many distinguished scenes

[deickemeyer · 12 June 2016]

A two-reel number, telling a Revolutionary War story. Through one of the early scenes Paul Revere brings news of the British entrance on Lexington. Their arrival at Lexington is shown by scenes made on the spot. Jane McCrea, the Pride of Lexington, herself helps gather the patriot minutemen who harass the retreat which she watches from a window in her house. Later, while carrying powder horns to the minute-men she is wounded. Of the girl's two lovers, one sides with the British and the other in the conflict wounds him with a bayonet. For this he suffers great remorse. Jane is captured after the Battle of Bunker Hill, which is a very commendable picture; but General Howe permits her to go to her friends. Her British lover, who has recovered, is sent on a very dangerous mission. He is captured and is to be hanged as a spy although he is not one. Jane pleads with George Washington for her lover's life and it is given to her. It's a tragic story clearly told with many distinguished scenes. It is well acted. The last scene makes a commendable ending. - The Moving Picture World, January 6, 1912