The Princess and the Man (1913) Online

That Bannister Merwin wrote this poetic and effective story would be plain without his name on the screen. It is a romance, not a love story, and its setting might well have been one of the small German kingdoms of about 1847, just before the revolution that sent so many of Germany's best citizens to America. Chas. J. Brabin deserves much credit for the care and imagination he has shown in producing it, for it is a fine offering. Its object is to contrast the sincere mistake of aristocracy with the earnest truth of an oppressed people and then to bring the two together on the common humanity that both must respond to when the sunlight is let in. Miriam Nesbitt plays the heroine- princess who first feels the appeal of the people and whose desire to find out for herself is the step that carries the dramatic situation to its climax. Augustus Phillips plays the "man," a poet who is a revolutionist, but will not stand for violence. It is made a truly poetic character and we never liked this skillful player so much as in this role. Marc MacDermott plays the old king, somewhat decrepit. but still a king. He and Miss Nesbitt are both truly royal. Charles Ogle is a real revolutionist and Mary Fuller has a character midway between his and that of the poet. Richard Ridgley got a good laugh in his comic role as guard. Bigelow Cooper is a first class colonel and Robert Brower is all that was desired as the prime minister. It is an offering that will be liked much. - The Moving Picture World, February 15, 1913