Captain Barnacle's Baby

Habitues of the photoplay will be glad to know that though Captain Barnacle, after his unfortunate matrimonial experience, was so grumpy that even his old shipmate, that grand old salt, Captain Bunce, was afraid of him, he has now completely recovered his old spirits. He happened to rescue a bit of flotsam from the surf, a baby, and that has wakened him. The youngster will warm the hearts of photoplayers also and they should keep an eye on the films for the few weeks ensuing to see Captain Barnacle's Baby. The story is well laid out. Captain Bunce's part in it is almost as amusing as his part in "Captain Barnacle's Courtship," a picture the Vitagraph people released last winter. There is one thing that hardly any player can do and not many should be permitted to attempt. It is to play a part too young for his size. The lad who brought the toy ship to Captain Barnacle, a day or so before he found the baby, was physically too big to play the cry- baby convincingly. It's a small matter. Aside from it this delightful picture is wholly commendable. and it wasn't necessary to have the hat blown so far; but these are very slight blemishes in an almost perfect picture. The sincerity of the acting of both the scenes of truly typically American business and home life amply cloaks what slight faults it has. The employer is finely portrayed by Charles Agle, but not a whit less convincingly and in harder parts to play, Sidney Booth interprets the man and Miriam Nesbit the man's wife. Their son (Gladys Hulette) also deserves recognition. This is a thoroughly pleasing picture. - The Moving Picture World, August 26, 1911