The Modern Prodigal

13m
Drama
5.2

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

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
Unknown
Mack Sennett
Unknown
William J. Butler
A Farmer
Edward Dillon
Guard
Frank Evans
Guard
Francis J. Grandon
At Post Office
Robert Harron
At Post Office
Dell Henderson
At Post Office
W. Chrystie Miller
Unknown
Anthony O'Sullivan
At Farewell
Alfred Paget
Guard
Lester Predmore
Boy Swimming

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
Dell Henderson
Writer
Bess Meredyth
Writer
Billy Bitzer
Cinematography

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