"Here we have a drama of war and the post-war period, and exceptionally powerful drama we cannot help but appeal to the sympathies of all who took any part in the Great Catastrophe.
Hilary Trent and his fiancee, Kitty Vane, are the principal characters in the story. When Hilary is called suddenly back to the front, Kitty arranges to marry him at Dover, but their marriage license is delayed and Hilary sails for France, a bachelor. He is reported dead, but returns to England - blind - while Kitty is trying to be brave enough to refuse another admirer.
There are improbabilities, of course, in the unfolding of the story, but the outstanding battle scenes, the fine acting, the beauty of the staging, the humor, flashing beacon-like through the darkest spots of the development, more than outweigh them.
Ronald Colman looks and acts like an officer, Vilma Banky makes a sweet and appealing heroine. A strong supporting cast is headed by Wyndham Standing."
--From Picture Show Art Supplement, September 25, 1926. |
