The Man He Might Have Been
1913 | 20m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Ashley Miller |
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| Writer: | James Oppenheim |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 20, 1913 |
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| Director: | Ashley Miller |
| Writer: | James Oppenheim |
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| Keywords | moma |
| Production Companies | Edison Studios, General Film Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 20, 2026 Entered: May 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| James Oppenheim | Story |
| Ashley Miller | Director |
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