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The Modern Prodigal

"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.

Top 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

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.

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