The Girl Scout: or, the Canadian Contingent in the Boer War (1909) User Reviews

Bravery which make one's blood tingle

[deickemeyer · 16 January 2015]

In this picture the producing company has woven an interesting and active melodramatic tale about the Canadian contingent in the Boer War. There are stirring battle scenes, with some exhibitions of daring and bravery which make one's blood tingle, and there are tender scenes which bring the tears. And through it all runs this tender love story, which finally ends in a wedding. Like all melodramas, there is much boisterous work in this, yet it does not cause the uneasiness that it sometimes does and one sees the close with a good degree of satisfaction. It is, all things considered, as interesting a film, and as full of action, as anything the Kalem people have yet produced. The steady improvement in the Kalem pictures indicates a progressive spirit for which the firm is to be commended. But to keep pace with their competitors a Kalem studio will have to come and with it more convincing settings for some of their scenes. - The Moving Picture World, November 13, 1909