The Mothering Heart
HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH
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.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · Written by Hazel Hubbard
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Cast
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Lillian Gish The Wife -
Walter Miller The Husband - Viola Barry The Other Woman
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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 -
William Elmer The Doorman
Make it a double feature
3h 40m together
The Mothering Heart
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