WARNING The film premiered almost 90 (!) years ago. But the so-called "retro" is unlikely to include it. So clearly he, despite the fact that the action covers the period from 1825 to the early thirties of the last century, "gets" in the most painful "points" of our time.
Yes, “the world is moving forward” and in the twenty-first century, but the planet is still shaken by wars. And in many corners of the earth, one goes “with a sword” against another, and one brother against another. And people’s minds are still dominated by money, which often kills in their souls all the best feelings.
Therefore, the dramatic film with elements of melodrama Ford, in which there are all these, to put it mildly, not too funny moments, is perceived as a kind of warning. A peculiar, endowed, albeit a fair, but very appropriate here share of pathos "call" to come to terms and think about the fact that the main values of life are family and love. They are the only ones who can save people from disaster.
This is largely influenced by his wife, Mary Warburton (her soulful, with great dignity played by Madeleine Carroll) understands the main character of this story - Richard Gerard (in the noble-restrained performance of Franshaw Thawne).
It is not for nothing that Mary and Richard the authors of the picture give a chance after a series of severe trials to start life again, to find true happiness, which is doubly valuable. Still, the heroes will have to do this not only for themselves, but also for their distant ancestors, from whom, in addition to external beauty and attraction to each other, they inherited a sensitive, vulnerable heart.