UNITED STATES · 1910

The Modern Prodigal

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood ambition coming of age city life moral decline redemption
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 v

Year1910
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
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