A Change of Spirit (1912) User Reviews

We have seen the same things happen before and have not been deeply interested

[deickemeyer · 27 January 2017]

The interest in this picture that holds us strongly comes almost wholly from its characters. Our minds wait more or less breathlessly upon the action, but we have seen the same things happen before and have not been deeply interested. The "change of spirit" comes to a burglar after he has fallen in love. He has broken into the girl's house and what happens there shows him that his ways are not worthy, it makes him ashamed. The breath of life has been put into the characters in this instance, and it has been accomplished quietly; the effect is merely to make us think that the story is fresh and unusually entertaining. Miss Agnes Sweet and William Walthall play the leads as girl and burglar. The second burglar is Charles Mailes. - The Moving Picture World, September 7, 1912