During the Plague

Here is a fine picture in five parts, a sure-enough feature. There are many strong situations. The conception of the husband by the writer of the story and the portrayal of the part by the actor are deserving of high praise. The latter will win the sympathy of all right at the beginning, and hold it to the end. The story is of an army doctor so absorbed in his search for a plague serum that he fails to pay sufficient attention to his wife. She becomes friendly with a captain. The latter is stricken with the plague while visiting at the home of the surgeon; in his absence of course; on the return of the husband and his discovery of the state of affairs the wife appeals for the use of his serum. The laboratory is a marvel of realism. The portrayal of the making of the antitoxin is skillfully, deftly done, very professional. Although the picture was made in the north of Europe, the atmosphere of India is well carried out. The whole picture is well staged and finely photographed. The finish, where the husband tells the wife to choose between the two of them and she, realizing the revealed nobility of the husband, turns to him, is strong in its heart appeal. - The Moving Picture World, September 20, 1913