An inconsequential comedy from D. W. Griffith that was written by its star, Mary Pickford. She clomps around in wooden clogs as a simple Dutch maid who wants only to spend time with the geese she loves, but who is passed off as the heiress to a deceased noblewoman by her real mother. Pickford is at her best, but there's barely enough material here for a 10 minute short let alone nearly 25 minutes.
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The acting is full of humanity
deickemeyer3 December 2016
A fairy story of Old Holland, pictured with charming grace. The plot is simple; but the situation very strongly wakens our sympathies. This is chiefly because it illustrates to us, in a freshly pleasing and in a not too plain way, the well recognized truth that our own home is best for us, and also our own lot in life is best. The chief characters are two young girls. One is the daughter of a peasant, the other is the queen's daughter; but doesn't know it. When the time comes for her to reign, the foster mother ambitiously advances her own child, Lena, the pretty goose girl. Lena has a very amusing, but rather trying time in the palace and is glad to escape. This lets the princess come into her own. The acting is full of humanity; the scenes are very cleverly made; the photography is beautiful. It is a very desirable release. - The Moving Picture World, June 29, 1912
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