The Man He Might Have Been

Overview

A young boy aspires to knowledge and higher education but his father, a plain man with narrow goals, is content with an ordinary school education for him and puts him to work despite the principal's protests. The principal even offers the father an opening by which his son could work during the day and attend school at night throughout a season, but the father declines. Disheartened by the life of drudgery, his father’s decision has wrought he travels the wrong road and goes from hopelessness to recklessness, trapped in an unhappy marriage and a life of hopelessness.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 20, 1913

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Edison Studios,General Film Company,General Film Company, Edison Studios

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0234187