The Man He Might Have Been (1913)
The Man He Might Have Been (1913)
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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Barry O'Moore Barry O'Moore As: The Boy
Mabel Trunnelle Mabel Trunnelle As: The Boy's Sweetheart
Charles Ogle Charles Ogle As: The Boy's Father
Marc McDermott Marc McDermott As: The Principal
Bliss Milford Bliss Milford As: The Waitress
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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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Genres: Drama

Language: No Language

Release Date: 20 January 1913

Country: US

Runtime: 20m

Company Credits

Company: General Film Company, Edison Studios

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Cast

Barry O'Moore

Barry O'Moore

The Boy

Mabel Trunnelle

Mabel Trunnelle

The Boy's Sweetheart

Charles Ogle

Charles Ogle

The Boy's Father

Marc McDermott

Marc McDermott

The Principal

Bliss Milford

Bliss Milford

The Waitress

Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller

The Boy's Mother

Ida Williams

Ida Williams

The Sweetheart's Mother

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