The Unexpected

1914

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Dorothy Madison, a secret service operative, is sent into the West Virginia mountains to locate a still, after male operatives failed. She carries a sketching outfit and a carrier pigeon int... Read allDorothy Madison, a secret service operative, is sent into the West Virginia mountains to locate a still, after male operatives failed. She carries a sketching outfit and a carrier pigeon into the moonshine country, and hides the pigeon in the woods near a mountain cabin, where sh... Read allDorothy Madison, a secret service operative, is sent into the West Virginia mountains to locate a still, after male operatives failed. She carries a sketching outfit and a carrier pigeon into the moonshine country, and hides the pigeon in the woods near a mountain cabin, where she hopes to make headquarters. She walks along the road until she sees Dave Parks coming, f... Read all

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deickemeyer

The story carries well

A three-part offering picturing an elemental struggle with detectives on one side and smugglers on the other and relieved by a love story with "the unexpected" ending. This ending with its touch of humor, though not at all a new expedient, gives at the close a little pleasant fun that adds to the pictures entertainment value. The film opens and closes with beautiful sunset pictures, looking out to sea, was taken on a rough mountainous shore and has some fine views of up- leaping surf. There are one or two minor breaks in the production, as the difference between the sticks the ol d woman takes up and those she puts down, but the story, because it is well acted and because of the little thrills in it, carries well, though not a "convincing" picture. The photography is clear and commendable. - The Moving Picture World, August 15, 1914