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Blood Will Tell
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Walter Edwards and/or Thomas H. Ince?
Cast: J. Barney Sherry [Fairfax Sr.], Ray Myers [Fairfax Jr.], Ethel Grandin, Francis Ford, Frank Borzage, Walter Edwards
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. / Released 13 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 21 December 1912, page ?] Kay Bee battles have awakened enthusiasm and deserve their popularity. The battle in this two-reel picture is nearly as good as this company’s best and the story is convincing in its humanity and pleasing. It is optimistic and sympathetic in its picturing of a youth naturally timid. He is a Fairfax and his father is deeply chagrined by finding the boy afraid to enlist at the opening of the war. He conducts him to the recruiting station with a whip and forces him to sign. The boy is on post as a sentry; it is on the eve of a battle and he deserts. His father enlists in his place; but the boy, in hiding, finds that the Union forces have perfected plans that, if followed, will break the Confederacy’s back. To save his people he gets hold of these, acting like the bravest of the brave, and gives his life to get them to his commander. The battle follows. The ending is a group of very emotional scenes and the final picture is a military funeral. A very good offering.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 November 2022.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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