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The Man He Might Have Been
Genres
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.
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Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
20 min
Release Date
1913-01-20
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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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