"A story of adventure in the Middle Ages gets off to a rousing and romantic start under the direction of George Fitzmaurice. The plot is based on the old and odious law known as "le droit du seigneur", which gave the overlord a right to the possession of any woman in his domain on her bridal night. It is very grandly set, but not so happily cast. For tho Ronald Colman in repose looks the part of the dashing gypsy, he simply does not dash very convincingly. Ronald was made for better things, we are sure, than sword-play, woman-handling, and bloody revenge. However, there are enough of these better things to make him emerge again as one of the most romantic and lovable figures of the screen. Vilma Banky is a disappointment in the earlier scenes, but later she is ravishingly, tremulously beautiful.
The plot is fairly original, the ending has a new twist, and except for a slump in the middle, the picture is racy and rousing, and played with great zest. But let's have no more of Ronald as a swashbuckler. - [From] Samuel Goldwyn." Rated as an 80% (Good).

From Motion Picture, April 1927.

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