TMDb Rating
5.2/10
4 verified votes
The Modern Prodigal (1910)
Drama
13 min
"A Story In Symbolism"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaD.W. GriffithGuy HedlundGeorge Nichols1910
Director
D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
Guy HedlundGeorge NicholsKate BruceJack PickfordClara T. Bracy
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