The Son's Return
About The Son's Return
A son leaves for the city to make money. Years later he checks into his parents' inn. They do not know him. They see a fat wallet and plan to rob him. Mary Pickford, Charles West, Anita Hendrie, and Harry Solter are billed.
Cast & crew
More about The Son's Return
D. W. Griffith directed and wrote this Biograph short. Billy Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed it. It runs 11 minutes. Edwin August, Charles Avery, Clara T. Bracy, and Arthur V. Johnson are also on the cast list. Biograph distributed it. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Billy Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed the inn and the unrecognized son.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The robbery is planned by the parents, not by strangers at the inn.
- Pickford is in the company, early in the Biograph years.
- The catalog overview stops at the plan to rob him.
Scenes
- The parents look at the wallet of the guest who is their son and decide to rob him.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Son's Return)
