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The Modern Prodigal

The Modern Prodigal

A Story In Symbolism

Drama
August 28, 19100h 13m5.2 / 10
Overview

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.

Director
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast
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Guy HedlundThe Prodigal Son
George Nichols
George NicholsThe Sheriff
Kate Bruce
Kate BruceThe Sheriff's Wife
Jack Pickford
Jack PickfordThe Sheriff's Son
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. BracyThe Prodigal's Mother
Dell Henderson
Dell HendersonAt Post Office