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The Girl from God's Country -- Description du film [en anglais] :
« The star assumes a dual role in the greatest of all [Nell] Shipman pictures. As Neeka, 'the girl of the outdoors,' she plays a distinctly different characterization than that of Marion Carslake, the daughter of a millionaire. The story deals with a sensational trans-Pacific airplane flight planned by Carslake, known to the world as the 'wizard of the air,' but in reality his inventions have been made by a 'crazed' inventor living in a lonely hut in the sand dunes. This inventor provides 'solidified gasoline' for the flight. Carslake's daughter, Marion, is angered at her father's adoption of Neeka, a girl of the north woods, not realizing that Neeka is her real sister and the daughter of Carslake. Otto Kraus, owner of the rival plane, the K-12, makes an effort to steal the formula. He accepts a position as butler in the Carslake mansion and there tricks Neeka into securing the formula. When Neeka realizes that she has turned traitor to her real father, she follows Kraus in another plane. A thrilling battle in mid-air follows, in which Neeka is saved by a parachute drop. The finale of the story is laid 'on the other side of the world' at the gates of a Japanese village, where two lovers kiss while the cherry blossoms fall up them in silent benediction. »
-- Hartford Courant


Source :
HARTFORD COURANT. « Thrilling screen drama at Capitol: 'The Girl from God's Country' well acted », critique de The Girl from God's Country, Hartford Courant (Connecticut), 4 septembre 1921. [en anglais]