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

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

Comedy | June 22, 1914

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.

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

Comedy | June 22, 1914

The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
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.
Producers The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
Directors George Ade
Writers George Ade

Cast

Wallace Beery

as The Football Hero

Leo White

as Buchanan Bartlett - the Prodigal Son

Robert Bolder

as Hiram Bartlett - the Father of the Prodigal Son