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The Man He Might Have Been
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Ashley Miller
Cast: Barry O’Moore [the boy], Mabel Trunnelle [the boy’s sweetheart], Charles Ogle [the boy’s father], Elizabeth Miller [the boy’s mother], Mrs. C.J. Williams (Ida Williams) [the sweetheart’s mother], Marc McDermott [the principal], Bliss Milford [the waitress]
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a story by James Oppenheim. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? This subject tells the simple story of a boy with a longing for knowledge and the better things of life which education brings. His father, a plain man, is content with an ordinary school education for him and puts him at work despite the school 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. Consequently the boy’s natural bent towards mechanics is frustrated and he is forced into drudgery which disheartens him, but as he grows older he doesn’t lose sight of the man he might have been and the things he might have done. But he travels the wrong road and goes from hopelessness to recklessness, reaping the reward of the latter in an unhappy marriage instead of winning the sweet girl he had loved as a boy.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive (Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.
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