The Converts (1910) User Reviews

A strong sermon

[deickemeyer · 21 March 2015]

A deeply religious picture, depicting in a very dramatic way the power an uttered word may exert, even though spoken by false lips. There is a species of horror induced by this picture because it blasphemes sacred things, more, perhaps, by suggestion than by direct word or act, yet none the less real and none the less repulsive. That one was saved and in turn was the means of extending grace to the blasphemer is the dramatic working out of the story. One feels that it is right for these two souls to come together, as they do eventually, and can but rejoice in the consummation of a story destined to exert a powerful influence upon those who see the film. The story, with its masterful presentation, is a strong sermon and vividly reveals the power of religion to reclaim even the most profligate. - The Moving Picture World, March 26, 1910

The 35 Year Old D.W. Griffith

[Single-Black-Male · 31 October 2003]

This film takes Griffith back to the San Gabriel Mission. Henry Mathall is the protagonist, and the 16 minutes of film has the feel of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' about it (in relation to the San Juan Baptista Chapel with the Vista Vision).