摘自 "1913 Movies and the Beginning of a New Era" by KeilThe Ambassador's Daughter (Edison)
"For the most part, The Ambassador's Daughter operates within fairly prescribed stylistic parameters, and this formal predictability complements the film's familiar story. In turn, the narrative formulates that the film relies upon reinforcing widely held social beliefs. This becomes most obvious at the film's climax, when Helen's enterprising actions invite retribution from the conspirators, resulting in her imperilment. The story rests with the male character to be the true agent of salvation. In many ways, this film prefigures the narrative patterning of the serial, wherein the intrepid heroine may initiate the action, but must ultimately depend on a male figure to put matters right. The measure of independence accorded women, both onscreen and off, remained limited, by narrative convention in the former instance and by legislation in the latter."