Francis X. Bushman, Gerda Holmes, and Bryant Washburn in The Elder Brother (1914)

Francis X. Bushman and Bryant Washburn in The Elder Brother (1914)

Francis X. Bushman

Gerda Holmes

Bryant Washburn

Two brothers are in love with the same girl with disastrous results.

The Elder Brother

The author was hurried or lazy

There is a long stretch of truly good film in this two-part offering; but the opening of the picture is a horrible example of sentimentality unconvincing to the point of silliness. How could such a cabaret dancer have a Bible on her table, right out? Then the way the doctor, elder brother of the weakling, meets the dancer and falls in love with her is crude enough for five years ago. Points of this kind have been handled many times naturally in recent offerings; there are plenty of good ways of establishing such a situation, but here the author was hurried or lazy and let it go at that. Only those looking at it won&apos;t put themselves in his place nor make allowances. The heart of the picture is fine and the real story is made effective by the human acting of Francis X. Bushman and Bryant Washburn with the help of Gerda Holmes and John Cossar. The photography is good, clear and picturesque. But the staging is not always in keeping; the cabaret dancer&apos;s apartment, for example, how could she afford it? - The Moving Picture World, June 27, 1914

There is a long stretch of truly good film in this two-part offering; but the opening of the picture is a horrible example of sentimentality unconvincing to the point of silliness. How could such a cabaret dancer have a Bible on her table, right out? Then the way the doctor, elder brother of the weakling, meets the dancer and falls in love with her is crude enough for five years ago. Points of this kind have been handled many times naturally in recent offerings; there are plenty of good ways of establishing such a situation, but here the author was hurried or lazy and let it go at that. Only those looking at it won't put themselves in his place nor make allowances. The heart of the picture is fine and the real story is made effective by the human acting of Francis X. Bushman and Bryant Washburn with the help of Gerda Holmes and John Cossar. The photography is good, clear and picturesque. But the staging is not always in keeping; the cabaret dancer's apartment, for example, how could she afford it? - The Moving Picture World, June 27, 1914

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