The Modern Prodigal
5.2
13 minutes
8/28/1910
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.
Cast List
Guy Hedlund
as The Prodigal Son
George Nichols
as The Sheriff
Kate Bruce
as The Sheriff's Wife
Jack Pickford
as The Sheriff's Son
Clara T. Bracy
as The Prodigal's Mother
Dell Henderson
as At Post Office
James Kirkwood
Mack Sennett
William J. Butler
as A Farmer
Edward Dillon
as Guard
Frank Evans
as Guard
Francis J. Grandon
as At Post Office
Robert Harron
as At Post Office
Dell Henderson
as At Post Office
W. Chrystie Miller
Anthony O'Sullivan
as At Farewell
Alfred Paget
as Guard
Lester Predmore
as Boy Swimming