The Third Commandment

1915

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Robert Ellis and Marguerite Courtot in The Third Commandment (1915)

Nell, Roth, Fane, Holly and Cornwall reside in the same boarding house. Roth, madly in love with Nell, learns that she is to marry Holly. He secretly plans to put his rival out of the way. R... Read allNell, Roth, Fane, Holly and Cornwall reside in the same boarding house. Roth, madly in love with Nell, learns that she is to marry Holly. He secretly plans to put his rival out of the way. Roth succeeds in getting Holly and Fane to quarrel. In his anger, Holly threatens to kill t... Read allNell, Roth, Fane, Holly and Cornwall reside in the same boarding house. Roth, madly in love with Nell, learns that she is to marry Holly. He secretly plans to put his rival out of the way. Roth succeeds in getting Holly and Fane to quarrel. In his anger, Holly threatens to kill the latter. Later, Fane is found dead outside a saloon. Holly is arrested for the crime. In... Read all

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A sense of fresh imagination

An old situation thus "worked up" has a new face and a sense of fresh imagination makes it alive and personal. Even situations that are not wholly probable are made deeply interesting when the players and their directors contrive by sheer force to present them as though they believed the story and felt themselves a part of it. This thing is finely exemplified in "The Third Commandment," a three-reel Kalem offering featuring Tom Moore and Marguerite Courtot. The script is by Harry O. Hoyt and Tom Moore directed it. The plot pictures how it came that the villain happened to be led into temptation and averred under the most solemn oath that the hero had murdered a third man. The progress of the story to this point is praiseworthy; it is not a planned villainy, but the perjured man is led by one unforeseen circumstance after another to bear false witness at the trial. Naturally, there is a girl in the plot and hero and villain are rivals for her. Tom Moore plays the perjurer and his victim is played by Robert Ellis. These with Miss Courtot make the trial scene effective emotionally and very satisfactory. Up to and through this group of scenes the picture is truly strong. - The Moving Picture World, April 10, 1915