The Modern Prodigal (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 13 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

A Story In Symbolism

• Drama

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Dell Henderson

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-08-28

Running time

13 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• GGuy Hedlund
• George Nichols
• Kate Bruce
• Jack Pickford
• Clara T. Bracy
• Dell Henderson
• James Kirkwood
• Mack Sennett

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