The Redemption of David Corson

In this four-part subject the lead is played by William Farnum, who gives a strong interpretation of the role of the Quaker with high ideals and great powers of oratory, but who later falls through infatuation for a gypsy already married to Dr. Paracelsus, a traveling cure-all. The story fails to create deep interest; there is absent the quality to convince. Corson, of course, must have a weak strain in him, in spite of the moral courage he displays in the early stages of the picture. Possibly had Constance Molineaux, who played Papeeta, the gypsy, been directed to use animation and even fire in her work rather than to pursue the dumb, the staring, the unwomanlike attitude, the result might have been for the better. Hal Clarendon, the converted lumberman, gives a fine performance, and so also does Robert Broderick as Dr. Paracelsus. There are many good scenes of open snow-covered country, and many people are used in the production. The photography is not strong. - The Moving Picture World, April 25, 1914