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The Modern Prodigal (1910)

G ★ 5.2/10 13 min Drama United States English
Director: D.W. Griffith
Streaming: Not available
A Story In Symbolism

Description

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.

Top Cast

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

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