The Modern Prodigal

A Story In Symbolism

The Modern Prodigal — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 29, 1910
• Runtime
• 16 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

The Modern Prodigal — Cast

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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 Mack Sennett