The Amateur Prodigal

1915

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John Andrews, a wealthy young clubman, returns to his apartment one night and finds a man under the bed. He hauls him out, and after a fierce struggle takes a gun away from him. He then thro... Read allJohn Andrews, a wealthy young clubman, returns to his apartment one night and finds a man under the bed. He hauls him out, and after a fierce struggle takes a gun away from him. He then throws him out. Returning to the room he finds an opened envelope addressed to Mr. John Andrew... Read allJohn Andrews, a wealthy young clubman, returns to his apartment one night and finds a man under the bed. He hauls him out, and after a fierce struggle takes a gun away from him. He then throws him out. Returning to the room he finds an opened envelope addressed to Mr. John Andrews, Superior Apartments, Cleveland, O. He does not remember opening any such letter, but th... Read all

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Joseph Byron Totten

John Andrews

Ruth Stonehouse

Ruth

Lester Cuneo

Ruth's Brother

Helen Dunbar

Mrs. Andrews

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Disappointing as a two-reel picture

Albert Payson Terhune's story, which first appeared in Short Stories Magazine, is disappointing as a two-reel picture. If not actually padded, the action at least seems needlessly slow and save in a few instances the scenes have little grip. There are some incongruities. For instance, it is not customary for the key to an apartment in an expensive house to be placed beside the furnace in the cellar within convenient reach of a would-be burglar. But to compensate for defects, the film has good points in the idea behind the story and the acting of Lester Cuneo, Joseph Byron Totten and Ruth Stonehouse. - The Moving Picture World, March 6, 1915