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The Man He Might Have Been

The Man He Might Have Been

1913-01-20
  • Drama
20 minutes

A young boy aspires to knowledge and higher education but his father, a plain man with narrow goals, is content with an ordinary school education for him and puts him to work despite the principal's protests. The principal even offers the father an opening by which his son could work during the day and attend school at night throughout a season, but the father declines. Disheartened by the life of drudgery, his father’s decision has wrought he travels the wrong road and goes from hopelessness to recklessness, trapped in an unhappy marriage and a life of hopelessness.

Ashley MillerDirector
James OppenheimStory

Top Billed Cast

Barry O'Moore

Barry O'Moore

The Boy

Mabel Trunnelle

Mabel Trunnelle

The Boy's Sweetheart

Charles Ogle

Charles Ogle

The Boy's Father

Marc McDermott

Marc McDermott

The Principal

Bliss Milford

Bliss Milford

The Waitress

Elizabeth Miller

The Boy's Mother

Ida Williams

The Sweetheart's Mother

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