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I dug this for what it was. I found the use of different tinting (plain B&W, yellow tinting, and blue tinting) really interesting and effective, I thought the acting was pretty impressive, and overall thought the story was handled very well without losing too much to age. At the very least, it's a very interesting look at a unique silent film, that deserves a watch from anybody with an interest in film history and who isn't too wary of films as old as this one is.

Ah! The branding scene....

For 1915, this wasn't too shabby, though it's certainly not subtle and borders on the melodramatic with a racially insensitive edge. A different title might have been 'Materialistic Harlots and the Dirty Foreigners That Desire Them'.

It's a very well made and entertaining film. A strongly paced story, good score, and, for its time, pretty good acting. The biggest problem with it is that absolutely no one here is sympathetic, which makes the ending anticlimactic and somewhat insulting.

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