Situations of strength characterize the last third of "Indiscretion," the Vitagraph release for New Year's Day. Lillian Walker is featured in a story of a willful girl's abiding faith in human kind, regardless of warnings by those older and more experienced in the world's ways. Strange as it may sound to some. Miss Walker displays a higher degree of art in situations of stress and of danger than she does when depicting the exuberance of care- free girlhood. The latter by many has been considered her best role: a while ago perhaps it was. William Addison Lathrop has written a good story and Wilfrid North has ably put it mi the screen. Mr. North has surrounded his leading player with a cast comprising Walter McGrail, Grail, Thomas R. Mills. Richard Wangeman, Mrs. West, Josephine Earle, Thomas Brooks and Robert Gaillard. Mr. McGrail portrays the lover and Mr. Mills the husband admired by every woman except his own wife. There is a bit of comedy in the opening scenes. Miss Walker in a not-elaborate one-piece bathing suit establishes her unconventional tendencies by trouncing and pushing into the lake a young man who had attempted to steal her clothes. At another time she pushes into the lake a groom delegated to accompany her on a ride, thereby enabling her to have her own way and be by herself. These and similar incidents go far to create a frame of mind on the part of the spectator that give increased force to the stern situations near the close, the flirtation with the married friend, the unwise automobile ride, the battle behind the locked doors in the hotel. The picture is well acted and well staged; altogether it is a strong subject. - The Moving Picture World, January 6, 1917
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