The Man He Might Have Been (1913)

ALL 01/20/1913 (en) Drama 20 Min
  • Release
    01/20/1913
  • Production
    General Film Company, Edison Studios
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    The Man He Might Have Been
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Ashley Miller

    Director

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Barry O'Moore

    The Boy

  2. Mabel Trunnelle

    The Boy's Sweetheart

  3. Charles Ogle

    The Boy's Father

  4. Marc McDermott

    The Principal

  5. Bliss Milford

    The Waitress

  6. Elizabeth Miller

    The Boy's Mother

  7. Ida Williams

    The Sweetheart's Mother

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 2

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The Man He Might Have Been (1913) 20 Min

ALL 01/20/1913 (en)
Drama
  • Release 01/20/1913
  • Production
    General Film Company, Edison Studios
  • Original title The Man He Might Have Been
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Ashley Miller

    Director

  2. James Oppenheim

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer