Poster for The Modern Prodigal

The Modern Prodigal

A Story In Symbolism

1910 13 minutes
58/100

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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.

Released

28th August 1910

116 years ago

Runtime

13 minutes

Finishes at 7:55pm

Ratings and awards

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    5.8/10

  • TMDb Logo

    50%

  • Trakt Logo

    65%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    58%

Directed by

D.W. Griffith

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Written by

Dell Henderson, Bess Meredyth

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