The Modern Prodigal (1910)
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.
- Date of release
- 1910-08-29
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Guy Hedlund — The Prodigal Son
- George Nichols — The Sheriff
- Kate Bruce — The Sheriff's Wife
- Jack Pickford — The Sheriff's Son
- Clara T. Bracy — The Prodigal's Mother
- Dell Henderson — At Post Office
- James Kirkwood
- Mack Sennett
- William J. Butler — A Farmer
- Edward Dillon — Guard
- Frank Evans — Guard
- Francis J. Grandon — At Post Office
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