Société Générale des Cinématographes Éclipse

Joë Hamman

Arizona Bill is given thirty days in which to prove the authenticity of a will of which he has been appointed executor. The disinherited nephew plots to kidnap Bill and the heiress, so that neither can be on hand at the appointed ...

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There are many apparent inconsistencies

In this picture Joe Hamman portrays the part of &quot;Arizona Bill.&quot; a name apparently given to him not because he is a bad man, but one of determination. The location of the story is the great West, but as so often happens in pictures made on the other side of the water and intended to reproduce the atmosphere of the land beyond the Rockies the task was too much for the producer. There are many apparent inconsistencies which weaken the story. As entertainment the picture goes over. There are some thrilling situations and sensational episodes. One of these is where a man jumps into a stream from the top of a moving train and nearly lands on the bank. Plainly it was a narrow escape. The central theme of the picture that the heiress-niece and the will must be in court at a certain minute or she would lose the property, was plainly weak and also illogical. - The Moving Picture World, October 25, 1913

In this picture Joe Hamman portrays the part of "Arizona Bill." a name apparently given to him not because he is a bad man, but one of determination. The location of the story is the great West, but as so often happens in pictures made on the other side of the water and intended to reproduce the atmosphere of the land beyond the Rockies the task was too much for the producer. There are many apparent inconsistencies which weaken the story. As entertainment the picture goes over. There are some thrilling situations and sensational episodes. One of these is where a man jumps into a stream from the top of a moving train and nearly lands on the bank. Plainly it was a narrow escape. The central theme of the picture that the heiress-niece and the will must be in court at a certain minute or she would lose the property, was plainly weak and also illogical. - The Moving Picture World, October 25, 1913

Arizona Bill is given thirty days in which to prove the authenticity of a will of which he has been appointed executor. The disinherited nephew plots to kidnap Bill and the heiress, so that neither can be on hand at the appointed day. There follows thirty days of wild excitement, during which the heiress is captured by a hired gang. Even Arizona has a warm time to save his skin until Bill's wife takes a hand in the tussle and shows Bill the tracks of the bandits. To see Arizona's wild ride on horseback, to see him follow the bandits as they leap upon a passing train by himself leaping from his galloping home to the vestibule, to see him wage the fight over the roofs of the coaches, into the engine cab, onto the very roof of the engine, and finally, to see him make a spectacular leap from the locomotive into a river, is to realize what thrills this two-reel affords.

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