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The Modern Prodigal

19105.0 / 1013 min
Drama

Overview

A Story In Symbolism

In the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires, exclaiming to his dear old mother, "Mother, there in the big city is my sphere. There will I turn the world over." Off he goes cityward, ambitious and presumptuous, and perhaps we may add reckless. Alas, the city's whirl is quite a change from the simple quiet life in the country and the youth falls a victim to the snares that beset the unsophisticated.

Cast

Guy Hedlund

Guy Hedlund

The Prodigal Son

George Nichols

George Nichols

The Sheriff

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

The Sheriff's Wife

Jack Pickford

Jack Pickford

The Sheriff's Son

Clara T. Bracy

Clara T. Bracy

The Prodigal's Mother

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

At Post Office

James Kirkwood

James Kirkwood

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

William J. Butler

William J. Butler

A Farmer

Edward Dillon

Edward Dillon

Guard

Frank Evans

Frank Evans

Guard

Francis J. Grandon

Francis J. Grandon

At Post Office

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

At Post Office

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

At Post Office

W. Chrystie Miller

W. Chrystie Miller

Anthony O'Sullivan

Anthony O'Sullivan

At Farewell

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget

Guard

Lester Predmore

Lester Predmore

Boy Swimming

Crew

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Director

Billy Bitzer

Billy Bitzer

Cinematography

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

Writer

Bess Meredyth

Bess Meredyth

Writer