The Modern Prodigal

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.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Top cast

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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

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William J. Butler

A Farmer

Edward Dillon

Guard

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Frank Evans

Guard

Francis J. Grandon

At Post Office

Robert Harron

At Post Office

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Dell Henderson

At Post Office

W. Chrystie Miller

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Anthony O'Sullivan

At Farewell

Alfred Paget

Guard

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Lester Predmore

Boy Swimming

Details