The Mothering Heart (1913)

1913 · Silent film · 23 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH

• Drama

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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 takes up with another woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his concubine, remorse drives him to find his wife...

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Hazel Hubbard

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

1913-06-21

Running time

23 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Lillian Gish
• Walter Miller
• VViola Barry
• Kate Bruce
• Adolph Lestina
• Jennie Lee
• Charles Murray
• Gertrude Bambrick

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