It was an adaptation of Margaret Prescott's The Sowing of Alderson Cree.
Marion Russell in The Billboard wrote, "Amazingly beautiful photography marks the high lights of this picture, seconded by realistic acting in which character types predominate.
Eugenie Besserer gives a stunning performance of a distraught mother.
Two charmingly wistful impersonations are contributed by Pauline Starke and Gloria Hope as the youthful heroines.
Mr. Macauley is to be congratulated upon a tense, dramatic picture, which grips despite the basic idea is one of hate and vengeance".