The Invisible Government

There is very little that is probable in the story told by this picture; but our interest is kept awake; for with such perfect photography and such careful handling, especially as to staging, it could not be wholly a failure. The players also help it much by their unconstrained acting. They are as natural as the script would let them be, but the script is very unconvincing. This is the second of the "Man in the Street" stories and, while it is a complete story, it assumes that the spectator has seen the former and will understand that the "Man" is a detective. We heard one spectator ask whether he were the District Attorney, which, in the early scenes he seemed to be. Thomas Carrigan carries the detective's role as well as in the first of the series. Frank Weed, as the "Invisible boss," and Jack Nellson, as his son. also do well; the affection of these two, which convinces, is the story's biggest asset. Oscar Eagle produced it. - The Moving Picture World, October 11, 1913