The Stars and Stripes (1910) User Reviews

The picture throbs with the spirit of '76

[deickemeyer · 18 July 2015]

Here is a picture that will set every nerve to tingling, will start the blood pulsating more rapidly and will make you want to stand on your seat and cheer with all the vigor you can command. It tells the story of John Paul Jones, that picturesque founder of the American navy, the first to raise the new flag over a United States vessel, and the stirring tight of the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis. The picture throbs with the spirit of '76. You can hear the roar of the guns; you can hear the shouts of the seamen. The great sea fight passes before you and you can acquire a more graphic impression of sea-fighting than you ever had before. There is danger stalking abroad, seeking whom it may devour, and there is love. And, floating over it all. the Stars and Stripes, the emblem of the majesty and sovereignty of a mighty people. One scarcely wants anything mere thrilling for Independence Day. Moreover, it is historically correct, and will assist materially in interpreting the life, especially the sea life, of that period. - The Moving Picture World, July 16, 1910