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The Man He Might Have Been (1913)

Directed by Ashley Miller

Drama · 20m

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.

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Cast

Barry O'Moore The Boy Mabel Trunnelle The Boy's Sweetheart Charles Ogle The Boy's Father Marc McDermott The Principal Bliss Milford The Waitress
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Elizabeth Miller The Boy's Mother
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Ida Williams The Sweetheart's Mother

Crew

Director
Ashley Miller

Details

Release date
1913-01-20
Runtime
20m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
General Film Company, Edison Studios