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The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

Jun 22, 1914 · 10m
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Comedy

PLOT

Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill of expenditures a month later from his son, amounting to two hundred and fifty dollars. The old man decides to investigate things, and the following day finds him at the university.

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CAST

Wallace Beery
The Football Hero
Leo White
Buchanan Bartlett - the Prodigal Son
Robert Bolder
Hiram Bartlett - the Father of the Prodigal Son
Directed by George Ade

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Released
Original language
EN
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Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Country
US
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