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

1914

10 minutes

Comedy

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Wallace Beery headshot

Wallace Beery

The Football Hero

Leo White headshot

Leo White

Buchanan Bartlett - the Prodigal Son

Robert Bolder headshot

Robert Bolder

Hiram Bartlett - the Father of the Prodigal Son