Drama
The Mothering Heart
"HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH"
User Score34 votes
56%5.6/10
Release1913→
Runtime0H 23M
LanguageNo Language
StatusReleased
Synopsis
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his lady friend, remorse drives him to find his wife.
Principal Cast8
Lillian Gish
The Wife
Walter Miller
The Husband
Viola Barry
The Other Woman
Kate Bruce
The Wife's Mother
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor
Jennie Lee
The Wash Customer
Charles Murray
Male Apache Dancer
Gertrude Bambrick
Female Apache Dancer
Media4
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Director
D.W. Griffith
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Certification
NRKeywords
husband wife relationshipmarried coupleparenthoodsilent filmnewlywedother womanunfaithful husband
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Countries:United States of America
Production:American Mutoscope & Biograph