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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 28, 1910

Original language

Portuguese

Countries

United States of America

Production

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Cast

William J. Butler,Francis J. Grandon,Alfred Paget,Edward Dillon,Guy Hedlund,Kate Bruce,Jack Pickford,Clara T. Bracy,Lester Predmore,Mack Sennettand 7 more

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Bess Meredyth,Dell Henderson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0001326