The Modern Prodigal

“A Story In Symbolism”

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenplay

Dell Henderson

Screenplay

Bess Meredyth

Status

Released

Release date

29/08/1910

Original language

English