"He seemed to be like a peculiar piece of a puzzle that would not fit in any place."

-Edwin Williamson, "The Early Days of Henry B. Walthall," Picture-Play, August 1916, p.86

"The Brave and noble look, the poise, the promise of this picture! No one with such a tie could fail to make a hit on the stage."

-Photoplay, February 1922, p.57

"But who would think that the blond, angelic countenance belonged to Frank Mayo, he of the strong-fisted, heroic film gentry?"

-Picture-Play, August 1923, p.58

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"The story is by Joseph Hergesheimer, a weird study in fear. Terror has possessed three generations of the Stopes and dwells with the grandfather and granddaughter, who live alone in the Georgia swamp country. Dominating them, is Nicholas, a homicidal maniac—half man, half child. And then John Woolfolk comes, a lonely man who carries sorrow in his heart. His advent changes the old order, bringing sudden tragedy—followed by freedom and happiness."

-Photoplay, March 1924, p.60

"The story concerns a girl who has spent all her life in the swamps of the Southeast. An hereditary taint of fear keeps her spellbound—a sort of enchanted princess. The girl and her grandfather are dominated by a half-witted maniac of murderous tendencies. The story tells how the girl is freed by a man who himself has been made a spiritual prisoner by tragedy."

-Agnes Smith, "The Screen in Review," Picture-Play, April 1924, p.55

Moving Picture World, February 16, 1924, p.521

"I was born in that house, and I've never been anywhere. But I've traveled a lot—on maps I found in grandfather's old books. Japan, Hawaii, India, Spain—"

"I am speechless with delight. It is perfection. There is not an inch of bunk in it. It is fine and stirring. Setting and camera superb."

-Joseph Hergesheimer

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Moving Picture World, February 16, 1924, p.521