Word: falderals
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...theme is a typical Galsworthy one--"let the strong pity the weak." We have seen it in "The Fugitive" and less clearly, in "The Pigeon." William Falder, a junior law clerk, forges a check to obtain money with which to run off with the woman he loves, who is married to a brute of a husband. His deed is discovered and he is summoned before the court, tried, sentenced, and imprisoned. After three years he is freed again and hunts for a job, followed everywhere by the stigma of his prison term. He finds Ruth Honeywill, the woman he loves...
...John Barrymore, as Falder, reached the highest point he has yet touched in his admirable career. In the scene in his cell, a truly horrible one, he is perhaps seen at his best, for it is a scene requiring rare talent to keep from over-acting. Mr. O. P. Heggie, seen here last as Androcles, excelled as Cokeson in a part which was rather too long drawn out to be highly effective. Miss Nesbitt played the woman, Ruth Honeywill, with just the right touch of sweetness and sorrow...
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