The President's Special (1913) User Reviews

A certain lack of consistency

[deickemeyer · 30 December 2017]

This railroad story is interesting enough, but there is a certain lack of consistency in the scenes which makes it difficult to follow at times. The president's son leaves home and works his way up to a job as engineer. An enemy puts sand in the engine driver and a bottle of whiskey in the tool box, but in the end everything winds up well. Too many plot threads in this, but at the same time the film possesses considerable entertainment. The reconciliation at the close was well pictured. - The Moving Picture World, November 15, 1913