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The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man (1914)

Directed by George Ade

Comedy · 10m

Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill of expenditures a month later from his son, amounting to two hundred and fifty dollars. The old man decides to investigate things, and the following day finds him at the university.

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Cast

Wallace Beery The Football Hero Leo White Buchanan Bartlett - the Prodigal Son Robert Bolder Hiram Bartlett - the Father of the Prodigal Son

Crew

Director
George Ade
Writer
George Ade

Details

Release date
1914-06-22
Runtime
10m
Genres
Comedy
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company