Reception
Even with the new, professionally-filmed parts, the quality of the film was considered so poor--for example, telephone poles could be seen behind the crucifix--that, upon release, it was described as "the only film that had to be dubbed from English to English." It would be recut and redubbed many times, but eventually opened in Lawton to a respectable crowd, and, while it failed to be a hit, the film's run in New York City was so successful that the New York Daily News called it "the Miracle of Broadway."
Other reviews were not as glowing, however. Variety, in a review, specifically criticized Prince's performance in the film, saying the movie would have been better "had not producers seen fit to drag in a crass, commercial showcasing of a precocious moppet, apparently in an attempt to strike a broader popular market."
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