The Tree and the Chaff

1913
10m

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George Warner, the ne'er-do-well son of a God-fearing deacon, is, in this instance, the symbol of chance-blown chaff. He has been religiously raised and his inclination is toward good things... Read allGeorge Warner, the ne'er-do-well son of a God-fearing deacon, is, in this instance, the symbol of chance-blown chaff. He has been religiously raised and his inclination is toward good things, but, being weak, he follows the line of least resistance and drifts down to the low, deg... Read allGeorge Warner, the ne'er-do-well son of a God-fearing deacon, is, in this instance, the symbol of chance-blown chaff. He has been religiously raised and his inclination is toward good things, but, being weak, he follows the line of least resistance and drifts down to the low, degraded levels of life. In contrast to this pitiful wreckage is the fine, faithful, resource... Read all

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May be of use to Sunday schools

As an illustration of the text about the righteous that groweth like a tree and the unrighteous that, like chaff, the wind bloweth away, this picture may be of use to Sunday schools and the like. The first nine tenths part of it is very carefully thought out and effective. It is so well prepared and played that the old story becomes quite fresh and newly interesting, so that we enjoyed watching it. But that "home coming" to the old barroom is most unconvincing and weak and, after what had gone before, so is the method of conversion. We think that, if the opening of the picture had been the father's reading the text to his son, it would have been even stronger. Kathlyn Williams plays the girl; Barney Furey the man, and Al. W. Filson his father. The photography is clear in most of the scenes. - The Moving Picture World, July 26, 1913