I personally like this film.
It was like watching Lassie from days long gone. Very entertaining and a very early example of how editing can be used to create a story.
This is the story of a baby who is kidnapped by and old gypsy woman whilst the nanny doesn't pay attention, then the dog goes and finds the baby and upon being driven from the place, returns to it's master, the childs father, and brings him to the house where the baby has been taken.
This film was so hugely popular upon it's initial release that it had to be reshot several times because all of the original negatives wore through. Seeing that the film is told entirely through editing and monstration, it is an early example of what film was capable of, even when it was still new.
This has on occasion, been called "the last great British film" although I cannot for the life of me remember who said it. But they may well be right in terms of it's employment of editing and of camera techniques in the terms of thier being new and unprecidented. We haven't produced much since that has been more impresive. Yes we have CGI etc. but this was a classic example of how something new was portrayed properly.