The Man He Might Have Been

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

20 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

20 January 1913

Country

United States of America

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

Elizabeth Miller

The Boy's Mother

Ida Williams

The Sweetheart's Mother

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