The Younger Brother

An English military drama with the Soudan, at the time of Kitchner's second campaign, as its background. It is remarkably well put on. There seems to be so much of the real thing in it that one wonders where the different scenes were found; intelligence and rare good luck must have combined to make them. The story is worthwhile and is admirably brought out, and this, with the freshness of its local interest, the desert life of the Tuaregs, makes it most deeply interesting. There is, in fact, something of a Kipling quality to it. The heroes of the story are two English soldiers. One is captured by the stately horsemen of the desert. The other disguises himself as a dervish and rescues him. There's a regiment of lancers in the picture, and a regiment of Scotch Highlanders, and there's a smoky battle scene. It is a picture that one can safely commend to everyone, for any kind of audience, even the most exacting. - The Moving Picture World, January 6, 1912