The Rose of Old St. Augustine

This is an unusually romantic story and an exciting one. It is well acted, especially the heroine's part, and though there is a little sawing of the air and theatrical posing in the picture, on the whole it maintains just the right atmosphere to give a delightful effect. None of the beach scenes with white sand and bright sunlight that this reviewer has ever seen have been very effective. There is too much high light and too little background in them. But the Selig Company manages to bring out the faces of the actors very well, even in such cases. The scenes in the old fortress, it was then, are very commendable, as are the thrilling scenes after Lafitte and the Rose have escaped and we see the buccaneer's ship and especially the hornet-swarm of quick-going little sailboats. It's a thrilling moment when Lafitte, with a half-dozen of these fast boats, starts out on a raid to revenge the men who betrayed him. The Selig Company has evidently spared no expense in making this picture. - The Moving Picture World, June 17, 1911