Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "There is quite a good theme of a mother's sacrifices for her daughter. The plot is rather slight and slow in development, but it contains popular elements which, together with the stars, should make a good appeal to the masses. ... William McGann has hardly made the most of the situations of the story. It is inclined to be cramped and jerky in continuity. This is accentuated by the singing of four songs, which incline to hold up the action, although they are well enough sung in themselves. He has staged, however, an effective raid, and gets some poignant moments." [3]
Picturegoer wrote: "Although there is quite a good theme here of a mother who makes every sacrifice for her daughters after she has nearly been ruined by her drunken husband, it is rather spoiled by the slow development and the cramped and jerky continuity. Isobel Elsom, as the mother who runs a cabaret and is sent to jail when it is raided, while not very varied in expression, does manage to express the necessary motherlove note. Margot Grahame sings four songs which are good enough in themselves, but are apt to hold up the action. The best acting comes from D.A. Clark-Smith as the drunken husband and Ivor Barnard as a Cockney waiter, whose loyalty to the mother affords a human, sentimental touch. The best bit of production is the effective raid, and London exteriors provide a good and authentic atmosphere." [4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "aggressively glum melodrama." [5]
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