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    The Man He Might Have Been

    20'

    1913-01-20

    7

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingAshley MillerWritingJames Oppenheim

    Cast

    1

    The Boy

    Barry O'Moore

    1

    The Boy's Sweetheart

    Mabel Trunnelle

    1

    The Boy's Father

    Charles Ogle

    1

    The Principal

    Marc McDermott

    1

    The Waitress

    Bliss Milford

    1

    The Boy's Mother

    Elizabeth Miller

    1

    The Sweetheart's Mother

    Ida Williams

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. No Language
    • List of companies:
      1. General Film Company
      2. Edison Studios
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.5445
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Man He Might Have Been

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