D.W. Griffith Shorts - The Mothering Heart 1913

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…

Genre: Short Films Griffith
Starring: Walter Miller, Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce
Year: 1913
Color/BW: Black & White
Director: D.W. Griffith
Movie Type: Public Domain Films
Decade: 1910s
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