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The Wayward Son
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by H.C. Mathews (Harry C. Mathews)
Cast: Charles Hutchison [the wayward son], Elsie Albert [the son’s sweetheart], Daddy Manley (Charles Manley) [the father], Baby Early (Early Gorman)
Victor Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Released 14 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? In a little New England village dwelt this aged and lonely father who waited for the return of his prodigal son who had gone away many years before to join the navy. For years he had not heard from him, but the sweetheart who had been left behind came every day to cheer and care for him. Finally, one Sunday morning, the wayward boy wandered back to the little village where he had been raised. Meeting his sweetheart by the roadway, she tells him of his father’s loneliness and yearning for him and shamed him for his neglect. Reproaching him for the condition into which he had allowed himself to drift, she persuaded him to go to her father, who was the village minister, to see what might be done to win back his manhood. Her father, for the sake of the aged parent, promised to give the boy a chance through the strength of his sweetheart’s love and guidance, he was presently able to throw aside his evil ways and when his father’s 80th birthday came along the sweetheart brought father and son together in happy reunion, receiving for her reward the love of the reformed son and the blessings of the aged parent.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 January 2025.
References: Braff-Universal n. 8815; Edmonds-BigU p. 29 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Jeannine Giroux-Holland.
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