The Modern Prodigal
Drama
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.
1910-08-28
en
Cast
Director
D.W. Griffith
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
Edward Dillon as Guard
Francis J. Grandon as At Post Office
Robert Harron as At Post Office
W. Chrystie Miller
Alfred Paget as Guard