''The Modern Prodigal'' is a 1910 American
short drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
silent black-and-white film
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings.
Media
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directed by
D. W. Griffith
David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the n ...
. It is based on a novel by
Bess Meredyth
Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan, February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote '' The Affairs of Cellini'' (1934) and adapted '' The Unsus ...
.
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1910 films
1910 drama films
1910 short films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Biograph Company films
Films based on American novels
Short films directed by D. W. Griffith
Films shot in New York (state)
Silent American drama short films
Surviving American silent films
English-language drama short films