Poorly directed melodrama that shows how easy it is to confuse the audience with even the simplest of scenarios. Children appear and disappear with no explanation as to who they are, and the restoration of a minor character's eyesight plays no part whatsoever in the storyline. Strong use of lighting in the final scene, though.
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There is so much business in it that gets nowhere
deickemeyer29 January 2016
This play has a very fine situation, but it isn't brought out as powerfully as it might have been. There is so much business in it that gets nowhere that when the climax comes part of its significance is lost. If we had seen Renfrew's wife and family in the very first scene we would more quickly have realized the possibilities of the situation. The scenes in the theater where Dr. Renfrew makes love to Audrey are quite clear. Yet, the friend who tells her that the doctor is a married man appears to compel her to return the pearls. Then, we don't see why Audrey stands peeping around the corner of the house and later, when Mrs. Renfrew appears, we don't know who she is nor are we sure whose children run into the house. There was no need of this confusion, for the situation is quite simple. After all, "The Show Girl" makes a pretty play. The scene where she dances is good and, though, at the climax, we are not sure whether she leaves the pearls from play gave her little chance to show the state of mind underplay gave her little chance to show the states of mind underlying that act. She showed no wounded pride, no desire for revenge at any time. Just before the climax, while she was talking, Dr. Renfrew stood smiling so vaguely, we couldn't tell what she was saying. - The Moving Picture World, June 3, 1911
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