The Modern Prodigal

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.

• D.W. GriffithDirector
• Dell HendersonWriter
• Bess MeredythWriter

• Guy HedlundThe Prodigal Son
• George NicholsThe Sheriff
• Kate BruceThe Sheriff's Wife
• Jack PickfordThe Sheriff's Son
• Clara T. BracyThe Prodigal's Mother
• Dell HendersonAt Post Office
• James KirkwoodCast
• Mack SennettCast
• William J. ButlerA Farmer
• Edward DillonGuard
• Frank EvansGuard
• Francis J. GrandonAt Post Office